diff --git a/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.cpp b/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.cpp
index e932ee78425ba9ba09266f3276e2b904ce45479f..b30ed91af77d70aee6b9e7a4282353c6ec7c2d45 100644
--- a/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.cpp
+++ b/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ double FisherPrefactor(double kappa)
     }
 }
 
-double VonMisesPrefactor(double kappa)
+double MisesPrefactor(double kappa)
 {
     if (kappa <= 0.0) {
         return 1.0 / (2.0 * M_PI);
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ double LorentzFisherPeakShape::evaluate(const kvector_t q, const kvector_t q_lat
 }
 
 // ************************************************************************** //
-// class VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape
+// class MisesFisherGaussPeakShape
 // ************************************************************************** //
 
-VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size,
+MisesFisherGaussPeakShape::MisesFisherGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size,
                                                            kvector_t zenith, double kappa_1,
                                                            double kappa_2)
     : m_max_intensity(max_intensity), m_radial_size(radial_size), m_zenith(zenith.unit()),
@@ -213,15 +213,15 @@ VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity,
 {
 }
 
-VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::~VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape() = default;
+MisesFisherGaussPeakShape::~MisesFisherGaussPeakShape() = default;
 
-VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape* VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::clone() const
+MisesFisherGaussPeakShape* MisesFisherGaussPeakShape::clone() const
 {
-    return new VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape(m_max_intensity, m_radial_size, m_zenith, m_kappa_1,
+    return new MisesFisherGaussPeakShape(m_max_intensity, m_radial_size, m_zenith, m_kappa_1,
                                             m_kappa_2);
 }
 
-double VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::evaluate(const kvector_t q,
+double MisesFisherGaussPeakShape::evaluate(const kvector_t q,
                                               const kvector_t q_lattice_point) const
 {
     // radial part
@@ -247,13 +247,13 @@ double VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::evaluate(const kvector_t q,
     m_phi = std::acos(q_ortho.unit().dot(m_ux));
     m_theta = std::acos(q.unit().dot(m_zenith));
     double pre_1 = FisherPrefactor(m_kappa_1);
-    double pre_2 = VonMisesPrefactor(m_kappa_2);
+    double pre_2 = MisesPrefactor(m_kappa_2);
     double integral =
         m_integrator.integrate([&](double phi) -> double { return integrand(phi); }, 0.0, M_TWOPI);
     return m_max_intensity * radial_part * pre_1 * pre_2 * integral;
 }
 
-double VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::integrand(double phi) const
+double MisesFisherGaussPeakShape::integrand(double phi) const
 {
     kvector_t u_q = std::sin(m_theta) * std::cos(phi) * m_ux
                     + std::sin(m_theta) * std::sin(phi) * m_uy + std::cos(m_theta) * m_zenith;
@@ -263,24 +263,24 @@ double VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape::integrand(double phi) const
 }
 
 // ************************************************************************** //
-// class VonMisesGaussPeakShape
+// class MisesGaussPeakShape
 // ************************************************************************** //
 
-VonMisesGaussPeakShape::VonMisesGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size,
+MisesGaussPeakShape::MisesGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size,
                                                kvector_t zenith, double kappa)
     : m_max_intensity(max_intensity), m_radial_size(radial_size), m_zenith(zenith.unit()),
       m_kappa(kappa)
 {
 }
 
-VonMisesGaussPeakShape::~VonMisesGaussPeakShape() = default;
+MisesGaussPeakShape::~MisesGaussPeakShape() = default;
 
-VonMisesGaussPeakShape* VonMisesGaussPeakShape::clone() const
+MisesGaussPeakShape* MisesGaussPeakShape::clone() const
 {
-    return new VonMisesGaussPeakShape(m_max_intensity, m_radial_size, m_zenith, m_kappa);
+    return new MisesGaussPeakShape(m_max_intensity, m_radial_size, m_zenith, m_kappa);
 }
 
-double VonMisesGaussPeakShape::evaluate(const kvector_t q, const kvector_t q_lattice_point) const
+double MisesGaussPeakShape::evaluate(const kvector_t q, const kvector_t q_lattice_point) const
 {
     m_uy = m_zenith.cross(q_lattice_point);
     kvector_t zxq = m_zenith.cross(q);
@@ -295,13 +295,13 @@ double VonMisesGaussPeakShape::evaluate(const kvector_t q, const kvector_t q_lat
     kvector_t q_ortho = q - q.dot(m_zenith) * m_zenith;
     m_phi = std::acos(q_ortho.unit().dot(m_ux));
     m_theta = std::acos(q.unit().dot(m_zenith));
-    double pre = VonMisesPrefactor(m_kappa);
+    double pre = MisesPrefactor(m_kappa);
     double integral =
         m_integrator.integrate([&](double phi) -> double { return integrand(phi); }, 0.0, M_TWOPI);
     return m_max_intensity * pre * integral;
 }
 
-double VonMisesGaussPeakShape::integrand(double phi) const
+double MisesGaussPeakShape::integrand(double phi) const
 {
     kvector_t q_rot = m_qr
                       * (std::sin(m_theta) * std::cos(phi) * m_ux
diff --git a/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.h b/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.h
index 394b486ecb5ee491157dca686daa66fb381f91e1..6ee2e7f97a11c2706b6de5f43cb45180971d45c2 100644
--- a/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.h
+++ b/Core/Correlations/IPeakShape.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "Core/Tools/Integrator.h"
 #include "Core/Vector/Vectors3D.h"
 
+
 //! Pure virtual interface class that defines the peak shape of a Bragg peak.
 //!
 //! @ingroup samples_internal
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool angularDisorder() const { return false; }
 };
 
+
 //! Class that implements an isotropic Gaussian peak shape of a Bragg peak.
 //!
 //! @ingroup samples_internal
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ private:
     double m_domainsize;
 };
 
+
 //! Class that implements an isotropic Lorentzian peak shape of a Bragg peak.
 //!
 //! @ingroup samples_internal
@@ -82,8 +85,9 @@ private:
     double m_domainsize;
 };
 
+
 //! Class that implements a peak shape that is Gaussian in the radial direction and
-//! uses the von Mises-Fisher distribution in the angular direction.
+//! uses the Mises-Fisher distribution in the angular direction.
 //!
 //! @ingroup samples_internal
 
@@ -107,8 +111,9 @@ private:
     double m_kappa;
 };
 
+
 //! Class that implements a peak shape that is Lorentzian in the radial direction and
-//! uses the von Mises-Fisher distribution in the angular direction.
+//! uses the Mises-Fisher distribution in the angular direction.
 //!
 //! @ingroup samples_internal
 
@@ -132,20 +137,21 @@ private:
     double m_kappa;
 };
 
+
 //! Class that implements a peak shape that is Gaussian in the radial direction and a
-//! convolution of a von Mises-Fisher distribution with a von Mises distribution on the
+//! convolution of a Mises-Fisher distribution with a Mises distribution on the
 //! two-sphere
 //!
 //! @ingroup samples_internal
 
-class BA_CORE_API_ VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape : public IPeakShape
+class BA_CORE_API_ MisesFisherGaussPeakShape : public IPeakShape
 {
 public:
-    VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size, kvector_t zenith,
+    MisesFisherGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size, kvector_t zenith,
                                  double kappa_1, double kappa_2);
-    ~VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape() override;
+    ~MisesFisherGaussPeakShape() override;
 
-    VonMisesFisherGaussPeakShape* clone() const override;
+    MisesFisherGaussPeakShape* clone() const override;
 
     void accept(INodeVisitor* visitor) const override { visitor->visit(this); }
 
@@ -164,19 +170,20 @@ private:
     mutable RealIntegrator m_integrator;
 };
 
-//! Class that implements a peak shape that is a convolution of a von Mises-Fisher distribution
+
+//! Class that implements a peak shape that is a convolution of a Mises-Fisher distribution
 //! with a 3d Gaussian
 //!
 //! @ingroup samples_internal
 
-class BA_CORE_API_ VonMisesGaussPeakShape : public IPeakShape
+class BA_CORE_API_ MisesGaussPeakShape : public IPeakShape
 {
 public:
-    VonMisesGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size, kvector_t zenith,
+    MisesGaussPeakShape(double max_intensity, double radial_size, kvector_t zenith,
                            double kappa);
-    ~VonMisesGaussPeakShape() override;
+    ~MisesGaussPeakShape() override;
 
-    VonMisesGaussPeakShape* clone() const override;
+    MisesGaussPeakShape* clone() const override;
 
     void accept(INodeVisitor* visitor) const override { visitor->visit(this); }