diff --git a/examples/style-rules.js b/examples/style-rules.js
index b41f720a5a..de8839a7b7 100644
--- a/examples/style-rules.js
+++ b/examples/style-rules.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var style = new ol.style.Style({rules: [
       }),
       new ol.style.Text({
         color: '#bada55',
-        name: new ol.Expression('label'),
+        text: new ol.Expression('label'),
         fontFamily: 'Calibri,sans-serif',
         fontSize: 14
       })
diff --git a/src/objectliterals.jsdoc b/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
index f149bca03e..ad0878ce80 100644
--- a/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
+++ b/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
  * @property {string|ol.Expression|undefined} color Color.
  * @property {string|ol.Expression|undefined} fontFamily Font family.
  * @property {number|ol.Expression|undefined} fontSize Font size in pixels.
- * @property {string|ol.Expression} name Name (i.e. text content) of the label.
+ * @property {string|ol.Expression} text Text for the label.
  * @property {number|ol.Expression|undefined} opacity Opacity (0-1).
  */
 
diff --git a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
index 42f56eca70..f662b44ca8 100644
--- a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ ol.layer.Vector.prototype.groupFeaturesBySymbolizerLiteral =
       item = featuresBySymbolizer[uniqueLiterals[key]];
       item[0].push(feature);
       if (literal instanceof ol.style.TextLiteral) {
-        item[2].push(literals[j].name);
+        item[2].push(literals[j].text);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js
index 09edbf643d..482b409be0 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js
@@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorRenderer.prototype.renderPointFeatures_ =
 /**
  * @param {Array.<ol.Feature>} features Array of features.
  * @param {ol.style.TextLiteral} text Text symbolizer.
- * @param {Array} names Label text for each feature.
+ * @param {Array} texts Label text for each feature.
  * @private
  */
 ol.renderer.canvas.VectorRenderer.prototype.renderLabels_ =
-    function(features, text, names) {
+    function(features, text, texts) {
   var context = this.context_,
       fontArray = [],
       color = text.color,
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorRenderer.prototype.renderLabels_ =
     for (var j = 0, jj = vecs.length; j < jj; ++j) {
       vec = vecs[j];
       goog.vec.Mat4.multVec3(this.transform_, vec, vec);
-      context.fillText(names[i], vec[0], vec[1]);
+      context.fillText(texts[i], vec[0], vec[1]);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ol/style/text.js b/src/ol/style/text.js
index 4a260f395a..bf0be505b4 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/text.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/text.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ goog.require('ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral');
  * @typedef {{color: (string|undefined),
  *            fontFamily: (string|undefined),
  *            fontSize: number,
- *            name: string,
+ *            text: string,
  *            opacity: number}}
  */
 ol.style.TextLiteralOptions;
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ ol.style.TextLiteral = function(options) {
   /** @type {number} */
   this.fontSize = options.fontSize;
 
-  goog.asserts.assertString(options.name, 'name must be a string');
+  goog.asserts.assertString(options.text, 'text must be a string');
   /** @type {string} */
-  this.name = options.name;
+  this.text = options.text;
 
   goog.asserts.assertNumber(options.opacity, 'opacity must be a number');
   /** @type {number} */
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ ol.style.Text = function(options) {
    * @type {ol.Expression}
    * @private
    */
-  this.name_ = (options.name instanceof ol.Expression) ?
-      options.name : new ol.ExpressionLiteral(options.name);
+  this.text_ = (options.text instanceof ol.Expression) ?
+      options.text : new ol.ExpressionLiteral(options.text);
 
   /**
    * @type {ol.Expression}
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.createLiteral = function(opt_feature) {
   var fontSize = this.fontSize_.evaluate(feature, attrs);
   goog.asserts.assertNumber(fontSize, 'fontSize must be a number');
 
-  var name = this.name_.evaluate(feature, attrs);
-  goog.asserts.assertString(name, 'name must be a string');
+  var text = this.text_.evaluate(feature, attrs);
+  goog.asserts.assertString(text, 'text must be a string');
 
   var opacity = this.opacity_.evaluate(feature, attrs);
   goog.asserts.assertNumber(opacity, 'opacity must be a number');
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.createLiteral = function(opt_feature) {
     color: color,
     fontFamily: fontFamily,
     fontSize: fontSize,
-    name: name,
+    text: text,
     opacity: opacity
   });
 };
@@ -166,6 +166,6 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.createLiteral = function(opt_feature) {
  */
 ol.style.TextDefaults = new ol.style.TextLiteral({
   fontSize: 10,
-  name: '',
+  text: '',
   opacity: 1
 });