diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8687b8..a2f6ea1 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ You can completely customize the library to your requirements: changes colors, a
 
 By default the messages structure is brief: Just the message type followed by the message itself.
 
-But you can easily modify the output. For example, let's add a timestamp to each message:
+But you can easily modify the output. For example, let's add a trace to each message:
 
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   <br>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ You can provide your own separator or disable it providing a `false`.
 
 Default: `false`
 
-Prints timestamp between log from the same level. Specially useful to debug timings.
+Prints trace between log from the same level. Specially useful to debug timings.
 
 ##### **{Boolean}** color
 
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ Default: `false`.
 
 Enable or disable print log level in upper case.
 
-##### **{Boolean|Number}** timestamp
+##### **{Boolean|Number}** trace
 
 Default: `false`.
 
-Prints a numeric counter timestamp associated with each log line. 
+Prints a numeric counter trace associated with each log line. 
 
 The value provided is the minimum quantity of time in milliseconds to consider print a different counter.
 
diff --git a/examples/levels.js b/examples/levels.js
index 074ad2d..b9bdc44 100644
--- a/examples/levels.js
+++ b/examples/levels.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const Acho = require('..')
 const acho = Acho({
   diff: true,
-  timestamp: 1000,
+  trace: 1000,
   // upperCase: true,
   context: 'generated'
   // keyword: 'symbol'
diff --git a/lib/Default.coffee b/lib/Default.coffee
index ce91751..4000e3f 100644
--- a/lib/Default.coffee
+++ b/lib/Default.coffee
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ module.exports = () ->
     @align
 
   outputCounter: ->
-    return '' unless @timestamp
+    return '' unless @trace
 
-    @_counterTimestamp ||= 0
-    @_lastTimestamp ||= null
+    @_countertrace ||= 0
+    @_lasttrace ||= null
 
-    diff = Date.now() - @_lastTimestamp
+    diff = Date.now() - @_lasttrace
 
-    if diff >= @timestamp
-      ++@_counterTimestamp
-      @_lastTimestamp = Date.now()
+    if diff >= @trace
+      ++@_countertrace
+      @_lasttrace = Date.now()
 
-    " [#{@decorateCounter(@_counterTimestamp)}]"
+    " [#{@decorateCounter(@_countertrace)}]"
 
   outputSeparator: (type) ->
     return '' if @keyword
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ module.exports = () ->
 
   align: " "
   color: true
-  timestamp: 0
+  trace: 0
   offset: 2
   depth: Infinity
 
diff --git a/test/test.coffee b/test/test.coffee
index 996f187..576cf17 100755
--- a/test/test.coffee
+++ b/test/test.coffee
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe 'acho', ->
     it 'enabling diff between logs', (done) ->
       log = acho
         diff: true
-        timestamp: true
+        trace: true
 
       printWarn = -> log.warn 'hello world'
       printErr = -> log.error 'oh noes!'