diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp
index a9f421d9d59..2998fba7c4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::ClangEditorDocumentProcessor(
     , m_semanticHighlighter(document)
     , m_builtinProcessor(document, /*enableSemanticHighlighter=*/ false)
 {
-    m_updateTranslationUnitTimer.setSingleShot(true);
-    m_updateTranslationUnitTimer.setInterval(350);
-    connect(&m_updateTranslationUnitTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
+    m_updateBackendDocumentTimer.setSingleShot(true);
+    m_updateBackendDocumentTimer.setInterval(350);
+    connect(&m_updateBackendDocumentTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
             this, &ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::updateBackendDocumentIfProjectPartExists);
 
     connect(m_parser.data(), &ClangEditorDocumentParser::projectPartInfoUpdated,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::ClangEditorDocumentProcessor(
 
 ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::~ClangEditorDocumentProcessor()
 {
-    m_updateTranslationUnitTimer.stop();
+    m_updateBackendDocumentTimer.stop();
 
     m_parserWatcher.cancel();
     m_parserWatcher.waitForFinished();
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::~ClangEditorDocumentProcessor()
 void ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::runImpl(
         const CppTools::BaseEditorDocumentParser::UpdateParams &updateParams)
 {
-    m_updateTranslationUnitTimer.start();
+    m_updateBackendDocumentTimer.start();
 
     // Run clang parser
     disconnect(&m_parserWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished,
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::addDiagnosticToolTipToLayout(uint line,
 
 void ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::editorDocumentTimerRestarted()
 {
-    m_updateTranslationUnitTimer.stop(); // Wait for the next call to run().
+    m_updateBackendDocumentTimer.stop(); // Wait for the next call to run().
 }
 
 void ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::invalidateDiagnostics()
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.h b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.h
index 5514305a3a3..e8aa9003ed4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ private:
     Core::Id m_diagnosticConfigId;
     bool m_isProjectFile = false;
     QFutureWatcher<void> m_parserWatcher;
-    QTimer m_updateTranslationUnitTimer;
+    QTimer m_updateBackendDocumentTimer;
     unsigned m_parserRevision;
 
     QVector<ClangBackEnd::TokenInfoContainer> m_tokenInfos;