diff --git a/include/tree_sitter/parser.h b/include/tree_sitter/parser.h
index d2091b11..adc4974e 100644
--- a/include/tree_sitter/parser.h
+++ b/include/tree_sitter/parser.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct TSLanguage {
   const unsigned short *in_progress_symbol_table;
   const TSInProgressSymbolEntry *in_progress_symbols;
   const TSStateId *lex_states;
-  const TSStateId *out_of_context_states;
+  const TSStateId *recovery_states;
   TSTree *(*lex_fn)(TSLexer *, TSStateId, bool);
 };
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ enum {
     .parse_actions = ts_parse_actions,                       \
     .in_progress_symbol_table = ts_in_progress_symbol_table, \
     .in_progress_symbols = ts_in_progress_symbols,           \
-    .out_of_context_states = ts_out_of_context_states,       \
+    .recovery_states = ts_recovery_states,       \
     .lex_states = ts_lex_states,                             \
     .symbol_names = ts_symbol_names,                         \
     .lex_fn = ts_lex,                                        \
diff --git a/src/compiler/generate_code/c_code.cc b/src/compiler/generate_code/c_code.cc
index ed6bd5ff..60268376 100644
--- a/src/compiler/generate_code/c_code.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/generate_code/c_code.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class CCodeGenerator {
     add_symbol_node_types_list();
     add_lex_function();
     add_lex_states_list();
-    add_out_of_context_parse_states_list();
+    add_recovery_parse_states_list();
     add_parse_table();
     add_in_progress_symbol_table();
     add_parser_export();
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ class CCodeGenerator {
     line();
   }
 
-  void add_out_of_context_parse_states_list() {
-    line("static TSStateId ts_out_of_context_states[SYMBOL_COUNT] = {");
+  void add_recovery_parse_states_list() {
+    line("static TSStateId ts_recovery_states[SYMBOL_COUNT] = {");
     indent([&]() {
       for (const auto &entry : parse_table.error_state.actions) {
         const rules::Symbol &symbol = entry.first;
diff --git a/src/runtime/language.c b/src/runtime/language.c
index 3b703440..712f6a90 100644
--- a/src/runtime/language.c
+++ b/src/runtime/language.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const TSParseAction *ts_language_actions(const TSLanguage *language,
   size_t action_index = 0;
   if (symbol != ts_builtin_sym_error) {
     if (state == ts_parse_state_error)
-      state = language->out_of_context_states[symbol];
+      state = language->recovery_states[symbol];
     action_index =
       (language->parse_table + (state * language->symbol_count))[symbol];
   }