diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/spark/rdd/ZippedRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/spark/rdd/ZippedRDD.scala
index e80ec17aa5e0a4bbffd94b835fb18cff597c1f00..35b0e06785cf370b04a718b4874cf2302bdf99c3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/spark/rdd/ZippedRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/spark/rdd/ZippedRDD.scala
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ private[spark] class ZippedPartition[T: ClassManifest, U: ClassManifest](
     @transient rdd2: RDD[U]
   ) extends Partition {
 
-  var split1 = rdd1.partitions(idx)
-  var split2 = rdd1.partitions(idx)
+  var partition1 = rdd1.partitions(idx)
+  var partition2 = rdd2.partitions(idx)
   override val index: Int = idx
 
-  def splits = (split1, split2)
+  def partitions = (partition1, partition2)
 
   @throws(classOf[IOException])
   private def writeObject(oos: ObjectOutputStream) {
-    // Update the reference to parent split at the time of task serialization
-    split1 = rdd1.partitions(idx)
-    split2 = rdd2.partitions(idx)
+    // Update the reference to parent partition at the time of task serialization
+    partition1 = rdd1.partitions(idx)
+    partition2 = rdd2.partitions(idx)
     oos.defaultWriteObject()
   }
 }
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ class ZippedRDD[T: ClassManifest, U: ClassManifest](
   }
 
   override def compute(s: Partition, context: TaskContext): Iterator[(T, U)] = {
-    val (split1, split2) = s.asInstanceOf[ZippedPartition[T, U]].splits
-    rdd1.iterator(split1, context).zip(rdd2.iterator(split2, context))
+    val (partition1, partition2) = s.asInstanceOf[ZippedPartition[T, U]].partitions
+    rdd1.iterator(partition1, context).zip(rdd2.iterator(partition2, context))
   }
 
   override def getPreferredLocations(s: Partition): Seq[String] = {
-    val (split1, split2) = s.asInstanceOf[ZippedPartition[T, U]].splits
-    rdd1.preferredLocations(split1).intersect(rdd2.preferredLocations(split2))
+    val (partition1, partition2) = s.asInstanceOf[ZippedPartition[T, U]].partitions
+    rdd1.preferredLocations(partition1).intersect(rdd2.preferredLocations(partition2))
   }
 
   override def clearDependencies() {