diff --git a/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/interface/TimingClient.h b/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/interface/TimingClient.h
index ecd5ce694128f..a9aa5f4352adb 100644
--- a/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/interface/TimingClient.h
+++ b/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/interface/TimingClient.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ namespace ecaldqm {
   private:
     void setParams(edm::ParameterSet const&) override;
 
-    float EBtoleranceMean_;
-    float EEtoleranceMean_;
+    float ebtoleranceMean_;
+    float eetoleranceMean_;
     float toleranceMeanFwd_;
     float toleranceRMS_;
     float toleranceRMSFwd_;
diff --git a/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/python/TimingClient_cfi.py b/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/python/TimingClient_cfi.py
index 785e2ae41e6f7..686e3ff3c232b 100644
--- a/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/python/TimingClient_cfi.py
+++ b/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/python/TimingClient_cfi.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 minChannelEntries = 1
 minTowerEntries = 3
-EBtoleranceMean = 2.
-EEtoleranceMean = 3.
+ebtoleranceMean = 2.
+eetoleranceMean = 3.
 toleranceRMS = 6.
 minChannelEntriesFwd = 8
 minTowerEntriesFwd = 24
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
     params = cms.untracked.PSet(
         minChannelEntries = cms.untracked.int32(minChannelEntries),
         minTowerEntries = cms.untracked.int32(minTowerEntries),
-        EBtoleranceMean = cms.untracked.double(EBtoleranceMean),
-	EEtoleranceMean = cms.untracked.double(EEtoleranceMean),
+        ebtoleranceMean = cms.untracked.double(ebtoleranceMean),
+	eetoleranceMean = cms.untracked.double(eetoleranceMean),
         toleranceRMS = cms.untracked.double(toleranceRMS),
         minChannelEntriesFwd = cms.untracked.int32(minChannelEntriesFwd),
         minTowerEntriesFwd = cms.untracked.int32(minTowerEntriesFwd),
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@
             kind = cms.untracked.string('TH2F'),
             otype = cms.untracked.string('Ecal3P'),
             btype = cms.untracked.string('SuperCrystal'),
-            description = cms.untracked.string('Summary of the timing data quality. A 5x5 tower is red if the mean timing of the tower is off by more than ' + str(EBtoleranceMean) + 'for EB and ' + str(EEtoleranceMean) + 'for EE, or RMS is greater than ' + str(toleranceRMS) + ' (' + str(toleranceMeanFwd) + ' and ' + str(toleranceRMSFwd) + ' in forward region). Towers with total entries less than ' + str(minTowerEntries) + ' are not subject to this evaluation. Since 5x5 tower timings are calculated with a tighter time-window than per-channel timings, a tower can additionally become red if its the sum of per-channel timing histogram entries is greater than per-tower histogram entries by factor ' + str(1. / (1. - tailPopulThreshold)) + ' (significant fraction of events fall outside the tight time-window).')
+            description = cms.untracked.string('Summary of the timing data quality. A 5x5 tower is red if the mean timing of the tower is off by more than ' + str(ebtoleranceMean) + 'for EB and ' + str(eetoleranceMean) + 'for EE, or RMS is greater than ' + str(toleranceRMS) + ' (' + str(toleranceMeanFwd) + ' and ' + str(toleranceRMSFwd) + ' in forward region). Towers with total entries less than ' + str(minTowerEntries) + ' are not subject to this evaluation. Since 5x5 tower timings are calculated with a tighter time-window than per-channel timings, a tower can additionally become red if its the sum of per-channel timing histogram entries is greater than per-tower histogram entries by factor ' + str(1. / (1. - tailPopulThreshold)) + ' (significant fraction of events fall outside the tight time-window).')
         ),
         Quality = cms.untracked.PSet(
             path = cms.untracked.string('%(subdet)s/%(prefix)sTimingClient/%(prefix)sTMT timing quality %(sm)s'),
             kind = cms.untracked.string('TH2F'),
             otype = cms.untracked.string('SM'),
             btype = cms.untracked.string('Crystal'),
-            description = cms.untracked.string('Summary of the timing data quality. A channel is red if its mean timing is off by more than ' + str(EBtoleranceMean) + 'for EB and' + str(EEtoleranceMean) + 'for EE, or RMS is greater than ' + str(toleranceRMS) + '. Channels with entries less than ' + str(minChannelEntries) + ' are not considered.')
+            description = cms.untracked.string('Summary of the timing data quality. A channel is red if its mean timing is off by more than ' + str(ebtoleranceMean) + 'for EB and' + str(eetoleranceMean) + 'for EE, or RMS is greater than ' + str(toleranceRMS) + '. Channels with entries less than ' + str(minChannelEntries) + ' are not considered.')
         ),
         MeanAll = cms.untracked.PSet(
             path = cms.untracked.string('%(subdet)s/%(prefix)sSummaryClient/%(prefix)sTMT%(suffix)s timing mean 1D summary'),
diff --git a/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/src/TimingClient.cc b/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/src/TimingClient.cc
index 5302215c3ebf5..9ffe00b56cad1 100644
--- a/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/src/TimingClient.cc
+++ b/DQM/EcalMonitorClient/src/TimingClient.cc
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 namespace ecaldqm {
   TimingClient::TimingClient()
       : DQWorkerClient(),
-        EBtoleranceMean_(0.),
-        EEtoleranceMean_(0.),
+        ebtoleranceMean_(0.),
+        eetoleranceMean_(0.),
         toleranceMeanFwd_(0.),
         toleranceRMS_(0.),
         toleranceRMSFwd_(0.),
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ namespace ecaldqm {
   }
 
   void TimingClient::setParams(edm::ParameterSet const& _params) {
-    EBtoleranceMean_ = _params.getUntrackedParameter<double>("EBtoleranceMean");
-    EEtoleranceMean_ = _params.getUntrackedParameter<double>("EEtoleranceMean");
+    ebtoleranceMean_ = _params.getUntrackedParameter<double>("ebtoleranceMean");
+    eetoleranceMean_ = _params.getUntrackedParameter<double>("eetoleranceMean");
     toleranceMeanFwd_ = _params.getUntrackedParameter<double>("toleranceMeanFwd");
     toleranceRMS_ = _params.getUntrackedParameter<double>("toleranceRMS");
     toleranceRMSFwd_ = _params.getUntrackedParameter<double>("toleranceRMSFwd");
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ namespace ecaldqm {
       float rmsThresh(toleranceRMS_);
 
       if (id.subdetId() == EcalBarrel)
-        meanThresh = EBtoleranceMean_;
+        meanThresh = ebtoleranceMean_;
       else
-        meanThresh = EEtoleranceMean_;
+        meanThresh = eetoleranceMean_;
 
       if (isForward(id)) {
         minChannelEntries = minChannelEntriesFwd_;
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ namespace ecaldqm {
       float rmsThresh(toleranceRMS_);
 
       if (tId.subdetId() == EcalBarrel)
-        meanThresh = EBtoleranceMean_;
+        meanThresh = ebtoleranceMean_;
       else
-        meanThresh = EEtoleranceMean_;
+        meanThresh = eetoleranceMean_;
 
       if (isForward(tId)) {
         minTowerEntries = minTowerEntriesFwd_;