diff --git a/spec/suites/SpecRunningSpec.js b/spec/suites/SpecRunningSpec.js
index 289d946..706449e 100644
--- a/spec/suites/SpecRunningSpec.js
+++ b/spec/suites/SpecRunningSpec.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe("jasmine spec running", function () {
         this.expect(foo).toEqual('baz');
       });
 
-      specWithMultipleExpectations = env.it('spec with multiple assertions').runs(function () {
+      specWithMultipleExpectations = env.it('spec with multiple expectations').runs(function () {
         var foo = 'bar';
         var baz = 'quux';
 
diff --git a/spec/suites/TrivialConsoleReporterSpec.js b/spec/suites/TrivialConsoleReporterSpec.js
index c1ada66..37e81aa 100644
--- a/spec/suites/TrivialConsoleReporterSpec.js
+++ b/spec/suites/TrivialConsoleReporterSpec.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe("TrivialConsoleReporter", function() {
          green(".") + green(".") + green("."),
          "",
          "Finished in 0.777 seconds",
-         green("3 specs, 7 assertions, 0 failures"),
+         green("3 specs, 7 expectations, 0 failures"),
          ""
         ].join("\n") + "\n"
       );      
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe("TrivialConsoleReporter", function() {
          
          "",
          "Finished in 0.777 seconds",
-         green("3 specs, 7 assertions, 0 failures"),
+         green("3 specs, 7 expectations, 0 failures"),
          ""
         ].join("\n") + "\n"
       );      
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ describe("TrivialConsoleReporter", function() {
          "  stack trace one",
          "",
          "Finished in 0.777 seconds",
-         red("3 specs, 7 assertions, 2 failures"),
+         red("3 specs, 7 expectations, 2 failures"),
          ""
         ].join("\n") + "\n"
       );      
@@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ describe("TrivialConsoleReporter", function() {
         });
       });
 
-      describe("specs/assertions/failures summary", function(){
+      describe("specs/expectations/failures summary", function(){
         it("prints statistics in green if there were no failures", function() {
           this.reporter.reportRunnerResults({ 
             results:function(){return {items_: [null, null, null], totalCount: 7, failedCount: 0};}
           });
           expect(this.out.getOutput()).
-            toContain("3 specs, 7 assertions, 0 failures");
+            toContain("3 specs, 7 expectations, 0 failures");
         });
 
         it("prints statistics in red if there was a failure", function() {
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ describe("TrivialConsoleReporter", function() {
             results:function(){return {items_: [null, null, null], totalCount: 7, failedCount: 3};}
           });
           expect(this.out.getOutput()).
-            toContain("3 specs, 7 assertions, 3 failures");
+            toContain("3 specs, 7 expectations, 3 failures");
         });
 
         it("handles pluralization with 1's ones appropriately", function() {
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ describe("TrivialConsoleReporter", function() {
             results:function(){return {items_: [null], totalCount: 1, failedCount: 1};}
           });
           expect(this.out.getOutput()).
-            toContain("1 spec, 1 assertion, 1 failure");
+            toContain("1 spec, 1 expectation, 1 failure");
         });
       });
       
diff --git a/src/console/TrivialConsoleReporter.js b/src/console/TrivialConsoleReporter.js
index 0d35606..8b379c9 100644
--- a/src/console/TrivialConsoleReporter.js
+++ b/src/console/TrivialConsoleReporter.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jasmine.TrivialConsoleReporter = function(print, doneCallback) {
   
   var defaultColumnsPerLine = 50,
       ansi = { green: '\033[32m', red: '\033[31m', yellow: '\033[33m', none: '\033[0m' },
-      language = { spec:"spec", assertion:"assertion", failure:"failure" };
+      language = { spec:"spec", expectation:"expectation", failure:"failure" };
   
   function coloredStr(color, str) { return ansi[color] + str + ansi.none; }
   
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ jasmine.TrivialConsoleReporter = function(print, doneCallback) {
                              }
   function finished(elapsed)  { newline(); 
                                 print("Finished in " + elapsed/1000 + " seconds"); }
-  function summary(colorF, specs, assertions, failed)  { newline(); 
+  function summary(colorF, specs, expectations, failed)  { newline();
                                                          print(colorF(specs + " " + plural(language.spec, specs) + ", " +
-                                                                      assertions + " " + plural(language.assertion, assertions) + ", " +
+                                                                      expectations + " " + plural(language.expectation, expectations) + ", " +
                                                                       failed + " " + plural(language.failure, failed))); 
                                                          newline();
                                                          newline(); }
-  function greenSummary(specs, assertions, failed){ summary(greenStr, specs, assertions, failed); }
-  function redSummary(specs, assertions, failed){ summary(redStr, specs, assertions, failed); }
+  function greenSummary(specs, expectations, failed){ summary(greenStr, specs, expectations, failed); }
+  function redSummary(specs, expectations, failed){ summary(redStr, specs, expectations, failed); }