diff --git a/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties b/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
similarity index 69%
rename from src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties
rename to src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
index a1534ca8be..3a78145dd3 100644
--- a/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:display-dependency-updates
-invoker.mavenOpts=-Dverbose=true -Dversions.outputFile=./dependencyUpdate.txt -DoutputEncoding=UTF-8 -Dversions.displayTerminalWidth=120
\ No newline at end of file
+invoker.mavenOpts=-Dverbose=true -Dversions.outputFile=./dependencyUpdate.txt -DoutputEncoding=UTF-8 -Dversions.outputLineWidth=120
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-displayTerminalWidth/pom.xml b/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-outputLineWidth/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-displayTerminalWidth/pom.xml
rename to src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-outputLineWidth/pom.xml
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-displayTerminalWidth/verify.bsh b/src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-outputLineWidth/verify.bsh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-displayTerminalWidth/verify.bsh
rename to src/it/it-display-dependency-updates-008-outputLineWidth/verify.bsh
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties b/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
similarity index 71%
rename from src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties
rename to src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
index a2c0507fe7..af55d25b87 100644
--- a/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:display-plugin-updates -Dversions.outputFile=./dependencyUpdate.txt -Dversions.displayTerminalWidth=120
+invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:display-plugin-updates -Dversions.outputFile=./dependencyUpdate.txt -Dversions.outputLineWidth=120
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-displayTerminalWidth/pom.xml b/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-outputLineWidth/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-displayTerminalWidth/pom.xml
rename to src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-outputLineWidth/pom.xml
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-displayTerminalWidth/verify.bsh b/src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-outputLineWidth/verify.bsh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-displayTerminalWidth/verify.bsh
rename to src/it/it-display-plugin-updates-012-outputLineWidth/verify.bsh
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties b/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
similarity index 63%
rename from src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties
rename to src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
index 21a664fe84..ff42f5409c 100644
--- a/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-displayTerminalWidth/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-outputLineWidth/invoker.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-invoker.goals=-DautoLinkItems=true ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:display-property-updates -Dversions.outputFile=./dependencyUpdate.txt -Dversions.displayTerminalWidth=120
+invoker.goals=-DautoLinkItems=true ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:display-property-updates -Dversions.outputFile=./dependencyUpdate.txt -Dversions.outputLineWidth=120
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-displayTerminalWidth/pom.xml b/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-outputLineWidth/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-displayTerminalWidth/pom.xml
rename to src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-outputLineWidth/pom.xml
diff --git a/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-displayTerminalWidth/verify.bsh b/src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-outputLineWidth/verify.bsh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-displayTerminalWidth/verify.bsh
rename to src/it/it-display-property-updates-002-outputLineWidth/verify.bsh
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo.java
index b300c5cb6a..3846430a23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo
     extends AbstractVersionsUpdaterMojo
 {
 
-    private static final int DEFAULT_DISPLAY_TERMINAL_WIDTH = 80;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_OUTPUT_LINE_WIDTH = 80;
 
     /**
      * If specified then the display output will be sent to the specified file.
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo
     private String outputEncoding;
 
     /**
-     * Terminal width which should be used to format the padding of the version info list output.
+     * Line width which should be used to format the padding of the version info list output.
      *
      * @since 2.10.0
      */
-    @Parameter( property = "versions.displayTerminalWidth", defaultValue = AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo.DEFAULT_DISPLAY_TERMINAL_WIDTH + "" )
-    private int displayTerminalWidth;
+    @Parameter( property = "versions.outputLineWidth", defaultValue = AbstractVersionsDisplayMojo.DEFAULT_OUTPUT_LINE_WIDTH + "" )
+    private int outputLineWidth;
 
     private boolean outputFileError = false;
 
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ protected void logLine( boolean error, String line )
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return Offset of the configured display terminal width compared to the default with of 80.
+     * @return Offset of the configured output line width compared to the default with of 80.
      */
-    protected int getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset() {
-        return this.displayTerminalWidth - DEFAULT_DISPLAY_TERMINAL_WIDTH;
+    protected int getOutputLineWidthOffset() {
+        return this.outputLineWidth - DEFAULT_OUTPUT_LINE_WIDTH;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayDependencyUpdatesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayDependencyUpdatesMojo.java
index a2c7439d8a..34c4c64740 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayDependencyUpdatesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayDependencyUpdatesMojo.java
@@ -436,15 +436,15 @@ private void logUpdates( Map<Dependency, ArtifactVersions> updates, String secti
             }
             String right = " " + ( latest == null ? current : current + " -> " + latest );
             List<String> t = latest == null ? usingCurrent : withUpdates;
-            if ( right.length() + left.length() + 3 > INFO_PAD_SIZE + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset() )
+            if ( right.length() + left.length() + 3 > INFO_PAD_SIZE + getOutputLineWidthOffset() )
             {
                 t.add( left + "..." );
-                t.add( StringUtils.leftPad( right, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset() ) );
+                t.add( StringUtils.leftPad( right, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getOutputLineWidthOffset() ) );
 
             }
             else
             {
-                t.add( StringUtils.rightPad( left, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset() - right.length(), "." ) + right );
+                t.add( StringUtils.rightPad( left, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getOutputLineWidthOffset() - right.length(), "." ) + right );
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPluginUpdatesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPluginUpdatesMojo.java
index d400d8c046..18804e7f23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPluginUpdatesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPluginUpdatesMojo.java
@@ -476,12 +476,12 @@ public void execute()
                                 {
                                     // plugin version configured that require a Maven version higher than spec
                                     upgradePlugins.put( upgradePluginKey,
-                                                        pad( upgradePluginKey, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset(), newer ) );
+                                                        pad( upgradePluginKey, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getOutputLineWidthOffset(), newer ) );
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
                                     // plugin that can be upgraded
-                                    upgradePlugins.put( upgradePluginKey, pad( upgradePluginKey, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset(),
+                                    upgradePlugins.put( upgradePluginKey, pad( upgradePluginKey, INFO_PAD_SIZE + getOutputLineWidthOffset(),
                                                                                effectiveVersion, " -> ", newer ) );
                                 }
                             }
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ public void execute()
                     superPomDrivingMinVersion = true;
                 }
 
-                pluginLockdowns.add( pad( compactKey( groupId, artifactId ), WARN_PAD_SIZE + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset(),
+                pluginLockdowns.add( pad( compactKey( groupId, artifactId ), WARN_PAD_SIZE + getOutputLineWidthOffset(),
                                     superPomDrivingMinVersion ? FROM_SUPER_POM : "", newVersion ) );
             }
             else if ( artifactVersion != null )
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ else if ( artifactVersion != null )
             if ( version != null && artifactVersion != null && newVersion != null && effectiveVersion != null
                 && new DefaultArtifactVersion( effectiveVersion ).compareTo( new DefaultArtifactVersion( newVersion ) ) < 0 )
             {
-                pluginUpdates.add( pad( compactKey( groupId, artifactId ), INFO_PAD_SIZE + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset(),
+                pluginUpdates.add( pad( compactKey( groupId, artifactId ), INFO_PAD_SIZE + getOutputLineWidthOffset(),
                                   effectiveVersion, " -> ", newVersion ) );
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPropertyUpdatesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPropertyUpdatesMojo.java
index bb21169a21..2ac1607ea4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPropertyUpdatesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DisplayPropertyUpdatesMojo.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public void execute()
                 buf.append( property.getName() );
                 buf.append( "} " );
                 final String newVersion = winner.toString();
-                int padding = INFO_PAD_SIZE - currentVersion.length() - newVersion.length() - 4 + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset();
+                int padding = INFO_PAD_SIZE - currentVersion.length() - newVersion.length() - 4 + getOutputLineWidthOffset();
                 while ( buf.length() < padding )
                 {
                     buf.append( '.' );
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public void execute()
                 buf.append( "${" );
                 buf.append( property.getName() );
                 buf.append( "} " );
-                int padding = INFO_PAD_SIZE - currentVersion.length() + getDisplayTerminalWidthOffset();
+                int padding = INFO_PAD_SIZE - currentVersion.length() + getOutputLineWidthOffset();
                 while ( buf.length() < padding )
                 {
                     buf.append( '.' );