diff --git a/include/fmpi_stencil.h b/include/fmpi_stencil.h
index 3ab401bcaa13ac5aa718cdbb1dc0c2fb8a494211..d9b6b8f64e8db0fd825b6b9ca41fe1191d219952 100644
--- a/include/fmpi_stencil.h
+++ b/include/fmpi_stencil.h
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ struct fmpi_stencil fmpi_no_stencil(void);
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 struct fmpi_stencil fmpi_stencil_1d(size_t length);
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    fmpi_stencil_2d()
+    fmpi_stencil_square()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-struct fmpi_stencil fmpi_stencil_2d(size_t length);
+struct fmpi_stencil fmpi_stencil_square(size_t length);
 /*==============================================================================
     GUARD
 ==============================================================================*/
diff --git a/src/fmpi_stencil.c b/src/fmpi_stencil.c
index 9197e22cf95870fa4bd87ff6977f3dfc62ecc601..e43797b8d02453525e25eb4d4f1fb57c89d12d0f 100644
--- a/src/fmpi_stencil.c
+++ b/src/fmpi_stencil.c
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ struct fmpi_stencil fmpi_stencil_1d(const size_t length)
     };
 }
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    fmpi_stencil_2d()
+    fmpi_stencil_square()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-struct fmpi_stencil fmpi_stencil_2d(const size_t length)
+struct fmpi_stencil fmpi_stencil_square(const size_t length)
 {
     return (struct fmpi_stencil){
         .type = FMPI_STENCIL_SQUARE,