diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
index 9f6e43199..0a73e5ed4 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ pub fn extract_geo_points<R: io::Read>(
         let point = obkv.get(geo_field_id).unwrap(); // TODO: TAMO where should we handle this error?
         let point: Value = serde_json::from_slice(point).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)?;
 
-        if let Some((lat, long)) = point["lat"].as_f64().zip(point["long"].as_f64()) {
+        if let Some((lat, lng)) = point["lat"].as_f64().zip(point["lng"].as_f64()) {
             // this will create an array of 16 bytes (two 8 bytes floats)
-            let bytes: [u8; 16] = concat_arrays![lat.to_le_bytes(), long.to_le_bytes()];
+            let bytes: [u8; 16] = concat_arrays![lat.to_le_bytes(), lng.to_le_bytes()];
             writer.insert(docid_bytes, bytes)?;
         } else {
             // TAMO: improve the warn
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/typed_chunk.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/typed_chunk.rs
index dcefee153..0dfeabece 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/typed_chunk.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/typed_chunk.rs
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ pub(crate) fn write_typed_chunk_into_index(
 
                 // convert the latitude and longitude back to a f64 (8 bytes)
                 let (lat, tail) = helpers::try_split_array_at::<u8, 8>(value).unwrap();
-                let (long, _) = helpers::try_split_array_at::<u8, 8>(tail).unwrap();
-                let point = [f64::from_le_bytes(lat), f64::from_le_bytes(long)];
+                let (lng, _) = helpers::try_split_array_at::<u8, 8>(tail).unwrap();
+                let point = [f64::from_le_bytes(lat), f64::from_le_bytes(lng)];
                 rtree.insert(GeoPoint::new(point, key));
             }
             index.put_geo_rtree(wtxn, &rtree)?;