diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d90ed609e..fb5f0d506 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1
 
 * terser reporting of collection error tracebacks, now skips py-internals 
 
+* renaming of arguments to some special rather internal hooks
+
 Changes between 1.0.0b9 and 1.0.0
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/hookspec.py b/py/test/plugin/hookspec.py
index dd2fa8676..a82f718d1 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/hookspec.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/hookspec.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def pytest__teardown_final(session):
     """ called before test session finishes. """
 pytest__teardown_final.firstresult = True
 
-def pytest__teardown_final_logerror(rep):
+def pytest__teardown_final_logerror(report):
     """ called if runtest_teardown_final failed. """ 
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ def pytest_sessionfinish(session, exitstatus):
 # hooks for influencing reporting (invoked from pytest_terminal)
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def pytest_report_teststatus(rep):
-    """ return shortletter and verbose word. """
+def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
+    """ return result-category, shortletter and verbose word for reporting."""
 pytest_report_teststatus.firstresult = True
 
 def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter):
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_runner.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_runner.py
index a5ac4d362..3fb32eb4b 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_runner.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_runner.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def pytest_sessionfinish(session, exitstatus):
         hook = session.config.hook
         rep = hook.pytest__teardown_final(session=session)
         if rep:
-            hook.pytest__teardown_final_logerror(rep=rep)
+            hook.pytest__teardown_final_logerror(report=rep)
 
 def pytest_make_collect_report(collector):
     result = excinfo = None
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ def pytest__teardown_final(session):
         rep = TeardownErrorReport(call.excinfo)
         return rep 
 
-def pytest_report_teststatus(rep):
-    if rep.when in ("setup", "teardown"):
-        if rep.failed:
+def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
+    if report.when in ("setup", "teardown"):
+        if report.failed:
             #      category, shortletter, verbose-word 
             return "error", "E", "ERROR"
-        elif rep.skipped:
+        elif report.skipped:
             return "skipped", "s", "SKIPPED"
         else:
             return "", "", ""
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_terminal.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_terminal.py
index d4153d34a..158204b1e 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_terminal.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_terminal.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class TerminalReporter:
         self._tw.sep(sep, title, **markup)
 
     def getcategoryletterword(self, rep):
-        res = self.config.hook.pytest_report_teststatus(rep=rep)
+        res = self.config.hook.pytest_report_teststatus(report=rep)
         if res:
             return res
         for cat in 'skipped failed passed ???'.split():
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ class TerminalReporter:
                 fspath, lineno, msg = self._getreportinfo(item)
                 self.write_fspath_result(fspath, "")
 
-    def pytest__teardown_final_logerror(self, rep):
-        self.stats.setdefault("error", []).append(rep)
+    def pytest__teardown_final_logerror(self, report):
+        self.stats.setdefault("error", []).append(report)
  
     def pytest_runtest_logreport(self, report):
         rep = report
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_xfail.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_xfail.py
index b05292ea7..be85e8721 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_xfail.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_xfail.py
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(__call__, item, call):
                 res.failed = True
             return res 
 
-def pytest_report_teststatus(rep):
-    """ return shortletter and verbose word. """
-    if 'xfail' in rep.keywords: 
-        if rep.skipped:
+def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
+    if 'xfail' in report.keywords: 
+        if report.skipped:
             return "xfailed", "x", "xfail"
-        elif rep.failed:
+        elif report.failed:
             return "xpassed", "P", "xpass" 
 
 # called by the terminalreporter instance/plugin