diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/Hovers.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/Hovers.cs
index ae2f0239b5cf..8960d4951c92 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/Hovers.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/Hovers.cs
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits.Render
 	public class HoversInfo : ConditionalTraitInfo, Requires<IMoveInfo>
 	{
 		[Desc("Maximum visual Z axis distance relative to actual position + InitialHeight.")]
-		public readonly WDist OffsetModifier = new WDist(-43);
+		public readonly WDist BobDistance = new WDist(-43);
 
 		[Desc("Actual altitude of actor needs to be this or higher to enable hover effect.")]
 		public readonly WDist MinHoveringAltitude = WDist.Zero;
 
-		[Desc("Amount of ticks it takes to reach OffsetModifier.")]
+		[Desc("Amount of ticks it takes to reach BobDistance.")]
 		public readonly int Ticks = 6;
 
 		[Desc("Amount of ticks it takes to fall to the ground from the highest point when disabled.")]
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public class HoversInfo : ConditionalTraitInfo, Requires<IMoveInfo>
 
 		public override void RulesetLoaded(Ruleset rules, ActorInfo ai)
 		{
-			if (OffsetModifier.Length > -1)
-				throw new YamlException("Hovers.OffsetModifier must be a negative value.");
+			if (BobDistance.Length > -1)
+				throw new YamlException("Hovers.BobDistance must be a negative value.");
 
 			if (Ticks < 1)
 				throw new YamlException("Hovers.Ticks must be higher than zero.");
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public Hovers(HoversInfo info, Actor self)
 			stepPercentage = 256 / info.Ticks;
 
 			// fallTickHeight must be at least 1 to avoid a DivideByZeroException and other potential problems when trait is disabled.
-			fallTickHeight = (info.InitialHeight.Length + info.OffsetModifier.Length).Clamp(info.FallTicks, int.MaxValue) / info.FallTicks;
+			fallTickHeight = (info.InitialHeight.Length + info.BobDistance.Length).Clamp(info.FallTicks, int.MaxValue) / info.FallTicks;
 		}
 
 		void ITick.Tick(Actor self)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ IEnumerable<IRenderable> IRenderModifier.ModifyRender(Actor self, WorldRenderer
 			{
 				var visualOffset = self.World.Map.DistanceAboveTerrain(self.CenterPosition) >= info.MinHoveringAltitude
 					? new WAngle(ticks % (info.Ticks * 4) * stepPercentage).Sin() : 0;
-				var currentHeight = info.OffsetModifier.Length * visualOffset / 1024 + info.InitialHeight.Length;
+				var currentHeight = info.BobDistance.Length * visualOffset / 1024 + info.InitialHeight.Length;
 
 				// This part rises the actor up from disabled state
 				if (worldVisualOffset.Z < currentHeight)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20190314/RenameHoversOffsetModifier.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20190314/RenameHoversOffsetModifier.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b581a57763ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20190314/RenameHoversOffsetModifier.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2019 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules.Rules
+{
+	public class RenameHoversOffsetModifier : UpdateRule
+	{
+		public override string Name { get { return "Rename Hovers OffsetModifier"; } }
+		public override string Description
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return "Hovers' OffsetModifier was renamed to BobDistance,\n" +
+					"as 'Modifier' is a term we don't normally use for distance,\n" +
+					"while 'Offset' would imply a 3D vector, which isn't the case here.";
+			}
+		}
+
+		public override IEnumerable<string> UpdateActorNode(ModData modData, MiniYamlNode actorNode)
+		{
+			foreach (var h in actorNode.ChildrenMatching("Hovers"))
+				foreach (var node in h.ChildrenMatching("OffsetModifier"))
+					node.RenameKey("BobDistance");
+
+			yield break;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
index d503788d0e2a..cb4376f3ebab 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public class UpdatePath
 				new SplitHarvesterSpriteBody(),
 				new RenameAttackMoveConditions(),
 				new RemovePlaceBuildingPalettes(),
+				new RenameHoversOffsetModifier(),
 			})
 		};
 
diff --git a/mods/ts/rules/defaults.yaml b/mods/ts/rules/defaults.yaml
index 93de4cc54532..2db43061249b 100644
--- a/mods/ts/rules/defaults.yaml
+++ b/mods/ts/rules/defaults.yaml
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@
 		VTOL: true
 	Hovers@CRUISING:
 		RequiresCondition: cruising
-		OffsetModifier: -64
+		BobDistance: -64
 		InitialHeight: 64
 
 ^AircraftHusk:
diff --git a/mods/ts/rules/gdi-vehicles.yaml b/mods/ts/rules/gdi-vehicles.yaml
index f86bc68e62ad..7ae2c705aba3 100644
--- a/mods/ts/rules/gdi-vehicles.yaml
+++ b/mods/ts/rules/gdi-vehicles.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ HVR:
 	WithVoxelTurret:
 	Hovers:
 		RequiresCondition: !empdisable
-		OffsetModifier: -64
+		BobDistance: -64
 		InitialHeight: 384
 	LeavesTrails:
 		RequiresCondition: !inside-tunnel