diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/static_impl_trait.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/static_impl_trait.rs
index dab0b87f7ae4..36d880292525 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/static_impl_trait.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/nice_region_error/static_impl_trait.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> NiceRegionError<'a, 'tcx> {
             lifetime,
         );
 
-        let (mention_capture, capture_point) = if sup_origin.span().overlaps(param.param_ty_span) {
+        let (mention_influencer, influencer_point) = if sup_origin.span().overlaps(param.param_ty_span) {
             // Account for `async fn` like in `async-await/issues/issue-62097.rs`.
             // The desugaring of `async `fn`s causes `sup_origin` and `param` to point at the same
             // place (but with different `ctxt`, hence `overlaps` instead of `==` above).
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> NiceRegionError<'a, 'tcx> {
         } else {
             (!sup_origin.span().overlaps(return_sp), param.param_ty_span)
         };
-        err.span_label(capture_point, &format!("this data with {}...", lifetime));
+        err.span_label(influencer_point, &format!("this data with {}...", lifetime));
 
         debug!("try_report_static_impl_trait: param_info={:?}", param);
 
         let mut spans = spans.clone();
 
-        if mention_capture {
+        if mention_influencer {
             spans.push(sup_origin.span());
         }
         // We dedup the spans *ignoring* expansion context.