diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/antennafield.rst b/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/antennafield.rst
index faac7ec5f6ebac09b1d93a2ed362c7a14f484f6e..438b794a88e0dee4ce2557213e078d9197772aba 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/antennafield.rst
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/antennafield.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AntennaField
 
 The ``antennafield == DeviceProxy("STAT/AntennaField/1")`` device represents a set of *antennas* or *tiles* that collectively form an antenna field. It represents a selection of inputs from one or more ``RECV`` devices, annotated with metadata such as positional information.
 
-:nr_tiles_R: The number of antennas or tiles in the antenna field.
+:nr_antennas_R: The number of antennas or tiles in the antenna field.
 
   :type: ``uint32``
 
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/tilebeam-digitalbeam.rst b/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/tilebeam-digitalbeam.rst
index 654337f35db45e5f526dd75add165ae304444d9a..c6701097b7976b55ce2d8fae9813bb842199b134 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/tilebeam-digitalbeam.rst
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/devices/tilebeam-digitalbeam.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Both devices beamform the antennas configured in its associated ``AntennaField``
     - Beamforms HBA elements in the HBA tiles of its AntennaField device,
     - Uses ``antennafield.Antenna_Reference_ITRF_R`` as the reference position for each tile,
     - Allows a different pointing per HBA tile,
-    - ``N_output := antennafield.nr_tiles_R``,
+    - ``N_output := antennafield.nr_antennas_R``,
     - Uploads the computed weights to ``antennafield.HBAT_bf_delay_steps_RW``,
     - These weights are actually *delay steps* to be applied in the tile for each element.
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ The following timers allow you to track the durations of each stage:
 DigitalBeam
 `````````````````````
 
-The DigitalBeam device applies the following configuration to compute each beamlet. Here, ``N_ant := antennafield.nr_tiles_R`` and ``N_beamlet := NUM_BEAMLETS == N_output``.
+The DigitalBeam device applies the following configuration to compute each beamlet. Here, ``N_ant := antennafield.nr_antennas_R`` and ``N_beamlet := NUM_BEAMLETS == N_output``.
 
 :antenna_select_RW: Which beamlets to form with which antenna. ``True`` by default, except for antennas which are not mapped on any FPGA input (see "Configuration" below).
 
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py
index 1375a205320a26f1b88c1b9e03c17a785f6549f3..d9ea40ea3bc9dbf1c3e08d80caabbfaca2ddd55f 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ class AntennaField(lofar_device):
     )
 
     Antenna_Reference_ITRF = device_property(
-        doc="ITRF position (XYZ) of each HBAT (leave empty to auto-derive from ETRS)",
+        doc="ITRF position (XYZ) of each Antenna (leave empty to auto-derive from ETRS)",
         dtype='DevVarFloatArray',
         mandatory=False
     )
  
     Antenna_Reference_ETRS = device_property(
-        doc="ETRS position (XYZ) of each HBAT",
+        doc="ETRS position (XYZ) of each Antenna",
         dtype='DevVarFloatArray',
         mandatory=False
     )
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ class AntennaField(lofar_device):
     
     Power_to_RECV_mapping = device_property(
         dtype=(numpy.int32,),
-        doc='The mapping of HBAT power lines to RECV mapping. Each RECV can handle 96 inputs. The HBAT number is the index and the value shows to which receiver device it is connected and on which input. The first integer is the input. The second integer is the RECV id. Example: [0, 3] = first receiver of property RECV_devices with input 3. -1 means that the HBAT is not connected. The property is stored in a one dimensional structure. It needs to be reshaped to a list of lists of two items.',
+        doc='The mapping of Antenna power lines to RECV mapping. Each RECV can handle 96 inputs. The Antenna number is the index and the value shows to which receiver device it is connected and on which input. The first integer is the input. The second integer is the RECV id. Example: [0, 3] = first receiver of property RECV_devices with input 3. -1 means that the Antenna is not connected. The property is stored in a one dimensional structure. It needs to be reshaped to a list of lists of two items.',
         mandatory=False,
         default_value = [-1] * MAX_NUMBER_OF_HBAT * 2
     )
 
     Control_to_RECV_mapping = device_property(
         dtype=(numpy.int32,),
-        doc='The mapping of HBAT control lines to RECV mapping. Each RECV can handle 96 inputs. The HBAT number is the index and the value shows to which receiver device it is connected and on which input. The first integer is the input. The second interger is the RECV id. Example: [1, 3] = STAT/RECV/1 with input 3. -1 means that the HBAT is not connected. The property is stored in a one dimensional structure. It needs to be reshaped to a list of lists of two items.',
+        doc='The mapping of Antenna control lines to RECV mapping. Each RECV can handle 96 inputs. The Antenna number is the index and the value shows to which receiver device it is connected and on which input. The first integer is the input. The second interger is the RECV id. Example: [1, 3] = STAT/RECV/1 with input 3. -1 means that the Antenna is not connected. The property is stored in a one dimensional structure. It needs to be reshaped to a list of lists of two items.',
         mandatory=False,
         default_value = [-1] * MAX_NUMBER_OF_HBAT * 2
     )
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ class AntennaField(lofar_device):
         doc='Absolute reference position of each tile, as geohash strings',
         dtype=(str,), max_dim_x=MAX_NUMBER_OF_HBAT,)
 
-    nr_tiles_R = attribute(
-        doc='Number of HBAT in this field',
+    nr_antennas_R = attribute(
+        doc='Number of Antennas in this field',
         dtype=numpy.int32)
 
     def read_Antenna_Names_R(self):
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ class AntennaField(lofar_device):
                 or (self.read_attribute('Antenna_Use_R')[n] == AntennaUse.AUTO and self.read_attribute('Antenna_Quality_R')[n] <= AntennaQuality.SUSPICIOUS))
         return antenna_usage
     
-    def read_nr_tiles_R(self):
-        # The number of tiles should be equal to:
+    def read_nr_antennas_R(self):
+        # The number of antennas should be equal to:
         # * the number of elements in the Control_to_RECV_mapping (after reshaping),
         # * the number of elements in the Power_to_RECV_mapping (after reshaping),
         # * the number of antennas exposed through Antenna_Reference_ITRF_R.
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class AntennaField(lofar_device):
     # --------
     @command(dtype_in=DevVarFloatArray, dtype_out=DevVarLongArray)
     def calculate_HBAT_bf_delay_steps(self, delays: numpy.ndarray):   
-        num_tiles = self.read_nr_tiles_R()
+        num_tiles = self.read_nr_antennas_R()
 
         delays = delays.reshape(num_tiles, NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS_PER_TILE)
 
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation.py
index 38ca5b36a10f505d7711f16a8a1c040745c3b930..05d225a4b9d62f7f7190615f4d71f5e34639ab4c 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Observation(lofar_device):
         self.digitalbeam_proxy.antenna_select_RW = self._apply_saps_antenna_select(self.read_antenna_mask_R())
 
         # Apply Tile Beam pointing direction
-        self.tilebeam_proxy.Pointing_direction_RW = [tuple(self.read_tile_beam_R())] * self.antennafield_proxy.nr_tiles_R
+        self.tilebeam_proxy.Pointing_direction_RW = [tuple(self.read_tile_beam_R())] * self.antennafield_proxy.nr_antennas_R
 
         logger.info(f"Started the observation with ID={self._observation_id}.")
 
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/tilebeam.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/tilebeam.py
index 213d9cedcb5e044df4927ed3ca4829092a990b97..75339492ab82353cbc3b2d3a14b7ef262f8b46d4 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/tilebeam.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/tilebeam.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class TileBeam(beam_device):
         self.antennafield_proxy.set_source(DevSource.DEV)
 
         # We maintain the same number of tiles as the AntennaField
-        self._nr_tiles = self.antennafield_proxy.nr_tiles_R
+        self._nr_tiles = self.antennafield_proxy.nr_antennas_R
         super().configure_for_initialise(self._nr_tiles)
 
         # Retrieve positions from AntennaField device
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/devices/test_device_tilebeam.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/devices/test_device_tilebeam.py
index 18eb04b9dcca59c37f5feb2bac803388f328ad08..cfe5f42231e96bd16899734662af00078d78573d 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/devices/test_device_tilebeam.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/devices/test_device_tilebeam.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class TestDeviceTileBeam(AbstractTestBases.TestDeviceBase):
         antennafield_proxy.boot()
 
         # check if AntennaField really exposes the expected number of tiles
-        self.assertEqual(self.NR_TILES, antennafield_proxy.nr_tiles_R)
+        self.assertEqual(self.NR_TILES, antennafield_proxy.nr_antennas_R)
         return antennafield_proxy
     
     def test_delays_dims(self):