diff --git a/backend/windmill-api-schedule/src/lib.rs b/backend/windmill-api-schedule/src/lib.rs
index 460c2607cd..e891f84dde 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api-schedule/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api-schedule/src/lib.rs
@@ -1010,8 +1010,8 @@ pub struct ScheduleWJobs {
     pub queues_next_run_at_start: bool,
 }
 
-/// Occurrences to look ahead over when sizing the interval.
-const INTERVAL_SAMPLE_SLOTS: usize = 5;
+/// Scheduled events to look ahead over when sizing the interval.
+const INTERVAL_SAMPLE_EVENTS: usize = 5;
 
 /// The *shortest* gap, not the average: under an irregular expression a run can
 /// outlast the tight gaps while still fitting inside the mean, and it is the
@@ -1023,8 +1023,8 @@ fn configured_interval_s(
 ) -> Option<i64> {
     let tz = chrono_tz::Tz::from_str(timezone).ok()?;
     let cron = ScheduleType::from_str(schedule, cron_version, false).ok()?;
-    let slots = cron.upcoming(tz, INTERVAL_SAMPLE_SLOTS).ok()?;
-    slots
+    let events = cron.upcoming(tz, INTERVAL_SAMPLE_EVENTS).ok()?;
+    events
         .windows(2)
         .map(|pair| (pair[1] - pair[0]).num_seconds())
         .min()
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     /// Twice a day, so the gaps alternate 8 hours and 16. A run only has to
-    /// outlast the shorter one to start skipping slots, so that is the number
+    /// outlast the shorter one to start skipping events, so that is the number
     /// the interval has to be.
     #[test]
     fn interval_is_the_shortest_gap_an_irregular_cron_leaves() {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.test.ts
index c170712552..df41de1457 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.test.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ const runs = (duration_ms: number) => Array.from({ length: 5 }, () => ({ duratio
 
 // Each exemption below is a schedule that is genuinely running less often than
 // its cron reads, and is still not something to report. Losing one of them turns
-// the badge into noise on a correctly configured schedule.
+// the warning into noise on a correctly configured schedule.
 describe('runsOutlastingInterval', () => {
-	it('reports how long runs that outlast the gap between slots are taking', () => {
+	it('reports how long runs that outlast the gap between events are taking', () => {
 		expect(runsOutlastingInterval({ enabled: true, interval_s: 20, jobs: runs(50_000) })).toBe(
 			50_000
 		)
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.ts
index b4b54f44ee..ff0444b8d8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/schedules/scheduleDrift.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ export type ScheduleRunsSample = {
 
 /**
  * How long a schedule's runs have been taking, when that is longer than the gap
- * between its slots, and `undefined` otherwise.
+ * between its scheduled events, and `undefined` otherwise.
  *
  * A plain script schedule queues its next run only once the previous one has
  * completed, so a run that outlasts the interval necessarily pushes the next one
- * to a later slot: the schedule quietly runs less often than its cron says.
+ * to a later event: the schedule quietly runs less often than its cron says.
  * Schedules that queue the next run as the previous one starts are exempt, and
  * the server says which those are.
  */
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
index 8c3a190ee1..dd02b5b301 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@
 						<Alert type="warning" size="xs" title="Runs are outlasting the interval">
 							Recent runs have been taking about {msToReadableTimeShort(outlastingMs, 0)}, against {msToReadableTime(
 								runsSample.interval_s * 1000
-							)} between slots. Script runs never overlap, so the next run is only queued once the
+							)} between scheduled events. Script runs never overlap, so the next run is only queued once the
 							previous one has completed: this schedule is running less often than its cron asks
 							for. To keep the cadence, schedule a flow instead, which queues its next run when the
 							previous one starts.