diff --git a/include/xchange.h b/include/xchange.h
index 597568a..385ef6a 100644
--- a/include/xchange.h
+++ b/include/xchange.h
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ XField *xCreateLongField(const char *name, long long value);
 XField *xCreateBooleanField(const char *name, boolean value);
 XField *xCreateStringField(const char *name, const char *value);
 XField *xCreate1DField(const char *name, XType type, int count, const void *values);
-XField *xCreateFieldArray(const char *name, int ndim, const int *sizes);
-XField *xCreate1DFieldArray(const char *name, int size);
+XField *xCreateHeterogeneousArrayField(const char *name, int ndim, const int *sizes);
+XField *xCreateHeterogeneous1DField(const char *name, int size);
 
 // Parsers / formatters
 boolean xParseBoolean(char *str, char **end);
diff --git a/src/xstruct.c b/src/xstruct.c
index a4b8a8c..d6fb6c7 100644
--- a/src/xstruct.c
+++ b/src/xstruct.c
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ XStructure *xCreateStruct() {
  * @return        A field containing a heterogeneous array of entries, or NULL if there
  *                was an error. The entries are initially empty, except for their names
  *                bearing '.' followed by the 1-based array index, e.g. '.1', '.2'...
+ *
+ * @sa xCreateHeterogeneous1DField()
  */
-XField *xCreateFieldArray(const char *name, int ndim, const int *sizes) {
+XField *xCreateHeterogeneousArrayField(const char *name, int ndim, const int *sizes) {
   static const char *fn = "xCreateFieldArray";
 
   int count = xGetElementCount(ndim, sizes);
@@ -82,10 +84,12 @@ XField *xCreateFieldArray(const char *name, int ndim, const int *sizes) {
  * @return        A field containing a heterogeneous array of entries, or NULL if there
  *                was an error. The entries are initially empty, except for their names
  *                bearing '.' followed by the 1-based array index, e.g. '.1', '.2'...
+ *
+ * @sa xCreateHeterogeneousArrayField()
  */
-XField *xCreate1DFieldArray(const char *name, int size) {
+XField *xCreateHeterogeneous1DField(const char *name, int size) {
   const int sizes[X_MAX_DIMS] = { size };
-  return xCreateFieldArray(name, 1, sizes);
+  return xCreateHeterogeneousArrayField(name, 1, sizes);
 }
 
 /**