diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index 8f1d7ab4e22d2ea3cce15c0dca5ea255439aab14..284462dacc253334f45d869c6cd53680e6fe95a3 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     std::fstream velocityWriter("velocities", std::fstream::out);
     std::fstream coefficientWriter("coefficients", std::fstream::out);
     std::fstream iterationWriter("iterations", std::fstream::out);
-    std::fstream dampingWriter("damping", std::fstream::out);
+    std::fstream relaxationWriter("relaxation", std::fstream::out);
 
     auto timeSteppingScheme =
         initTimeStepper(parset.get<Config::scheme>("timeSteps.scheme"),
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         parset.get<size_t>("solver.tnnmg.fixed_point_iterations");
     auto const fixedPointTolerance =
         parset.get<double>("solver.tnnmg.fixed_point_tolerance");
-    auto const damping = parset.get<double>("solver.damping");
+    auto const relaxation = parset.get<double>("solver.relaxation");
     auto const requiredReduction =
         parset.get<double>("solver.requiredReduction");
     auto const printProgress = parset.get<bool>("io.printProgress");
@@ -537,11 +537,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
           if (state_fpi <= 2 // Let the first two steps pass through unchanged
               || correction < requiredReduction * lastCorrection) {
             alpha = computed_state;
-            dampingWriter << "N ";
+            relaxationWriter << "N ";
           } else { // alpha is still the old time step here
-            alpha *= damping;
-            Arithmetic::addProduct(alpha, 1.0 - damping, computed_state);
-            dampingWriter << "Y ";
+            alpha *= relaxation;
+            Arithmetic::addProduct(alpha, 1.0 - relaxation, computed_state);
+            relaxationWriter << "Y ";
           }
           lastCorrection = correction;
         }
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       velocityWriter << std::endl;
       coefficientWriter << std::endl;
       iterationWriter << std::endl;
-      dampingWriter << std::endl;
+      relaxationWriter << std::endl;
 
       if (parset.get<bool>("io.writeVTK")) {
         SingletonVectorType vonMisesStress;
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     velocityWriter.close();
     coefficientWriter.close();
     iterationWriter.close();
-    dampingWriter.close();
+    relaxationWriter.close();
 
     Python::stop();
   }
diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.parset b/src/one-body-sample.parset
index 680ec3a87c93db7314acbdd738ab6a9ee4df2fbb..8ffaf11570c3c131d95bd5e1a1f146b1e349bd77 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.parset
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.parset
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ verbosity         = quiet
 
 [solver]
 tolerance         = 1e-10
-damping           = 0.5
+relaxation        = 0.5
 requiredReduction = 0.5
 
 [solver.tnnmg]