diff --git a/src/data_types.h b/src/data_types.h
index 687275a..bef4c62 100644
--- a/src/data_types.h
+++ b/src/data_types.h
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ typedef struct host_entry {
     int64_t total_time_i; /* sum of response times */
     int64_t *resp_times; /* individual response times */
 
-    int top_view_print_pos;
-    int64_t top_view_last_timeouts;
-    int64_t top_view_last_timeouts_count;
-    int64_t top_view_last_timeouts_seq;
-    char last_timeout_time[100];
+    int     top_view_print_pos;               /* line where the host is printed */
+    int64_t top_view_last_timeouts;           /* timeout Counter */
+    int64_t top_view_last_timeouts_count;     /* how many timeout occurred */
+    int64_t top_view_last_timeouts_seq;       /* how many packets where lost till the next answer arrived */
+    char    top_view_last_timeout_time[100];  /* buffer to print how long the last timeout was ( packets * period ) */
 
     /* to avoid allocating two struct events each time that we send a ping, we
      * preallocate here two struct events for each ping that we might send for
diff --git a/src/fping.c b/src/fping.c
index 59f9d0d..ff46ac7 100644
--- a/src/fping.c
+++ b/src/fping.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ void main_loop()
                     }
                     printf("\n");
                 }else{
-                    print_top_view( h, 1 );
+                    top_view_print( h, 1 );
                 }
             }
 
@@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ int wait_for_reply(int64_t wait_time)
 
             printf("\n");
         }else{
-            print_top_view( h, 0 );
+            top_view_print( h, 0 );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/top_view.c b/src/top_view.c
index b5ad652..586eb17 100644
--- a/src/top_view.c
+++ b/src/top_view.c
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ static void print_top_view_init( void ){
 
 
 
-void print_top_view( HOST_ENTRY *h, int timeout ) {
+void top_view_print( HOST_ENTRY *h, int timeout ) {
 
     print_top_view_init();
 
     if ( h->top_view_print_pos == 0 ){
         h->top_view_print_pos = next_view_pos++;
-        sprintf(h->last_timeout_time, "0 ms" );
+        sprintf(h->top_view_last_timeout_time, "0 ms" );
 
     }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void print_top_view( HOST_ENTRY *h, int timeout ) {
         h->top_view_last_timeouts++;
         h->top_view_last_timeouts_seq = h->top_view_last_timeouts;
 
-        sprintf(h->last_timeout_time, "%"PRIi64" ms         ", h->top_view_last_timeouts * ( perhost_interval / 1000 / 1000 ) );
+        sprintf(h->top_view_last_timeout_time, "%"PRIi64" ms         ", h->top_view_last_timeouts * ( perhost_interval / 1000 / 1000 ) );
 
     }else{
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void print_top_view( HOST_ENTRY *h, int timeout ) {
     pos_printf( 5 + h->top_view_print_pos, TIMEOUT_TOTAL_POS , "%"PRIi64, h->top_view_last_timeouts_count);
 
     pos_printf( 5 + h->top_view_print_pos, TIMEOUT_SEQ_POS , "%"PRIi64, h->top_view_last_timeouts_seq);
-    pos_printf( 5 + h->top_view_print_pos, TIMEOUT_TIME_POS , "%s", h->last_timeout_time);
+    pos_printf( 5 + h->top_view_print_pos, TIMEOUT_TIME_POS , "%s", h->top_view_last_timeout_time);
     
 
 
diff --git a/src/top_view.h b/src/top_view.h
index bb79da4..e112648 100644
--- a/src/top_view.h
+++ b/src/top_view.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "data_types.h"
 
 
-void print_top_view( HOST_ENTRY *h, int timeout );
+void top_view_print( HOST_ENTRY *h, int timeout );
 
 
 void top_view_end( void );