diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs b/crates/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
index 75b092b28..e6e05dfdd 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
@@ -1246,16 +1246,16 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                 current_step,
                 finished_steps,
                 total_steps,
-                finished_documents,
-                total_documents,
+                finished_substeps,
+                total_substeps,
             } = processing_tasks.write().unwrap().update_progress(progress);
 
             tracing::info!(
                 current_step,
                 finished_steps,
                 total_steps,
-                finished_documents,
-                total_documents
+                finished_substeps,
+                total_substeps
             );
         };
 
diff --git a/crates/meilisearch-types/src/tasks.rs b/crates/meilisearch-types/src/tasks.rs
index 7f4431da1..8c2ddcc39 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch-types/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch-types/src/tasks.rs
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ pub struct TaskProgress {
     pub current_step: &'static str,
     pub finished_steps: u16,
     pub total_steps: u16,
-    pub finished_documents: Option<u32>,
-    pub total_documents: Option<u32>,
+    pub finished_substeps: Option<u32>,
+    pub total_substeps: Option<u32>,
 }
 
 impl Default for TaskProgress {
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ impl TaskProgress {
             current_step: "start",
             finished_steps: 0,
             total_steps: 1,
-            finished_documents: None,
-            total_documents: None,
+            finished_substeps: None,
+            total_substeps: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ impl TaskProgress {
         self.total_steps = progress.total_steps;
 
         if self.finished_steps < progress.finished_steps {
-            self.finished_documents = None;
-            self.total_documents = None;
+            self.finished_substeps = None;
+            self.total_substeps = None;
         }
         self.finished_steps = progress.finished_steps;
-        if let Some((finished_documents, total_documents)) = progress.finished_total_documents {
-            if let Some(task_finished_documents) = self.finished_documents {
-                if task_finished_documents > finished_documents {
+        if let Some((finished_substeps, total_substeps)) = progress.finished_total_substep {
+            if let Some(task_finished_substeps) = self.finished_substeps {
+                if task_finished_substeps > finished_substeps {
                     return *self;
                 }
             }
-            self.finished_documents = Some(finished_documents);
-            self.total_documents = Some(total_documents);
+            self.finished_substeps = Some(finished_substeps);
+            self.total_substeps = Some(total_substeps);
         }
         *self
     }
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_changes.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_changes.rs
index 4efebc586..45db58bbd 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_changes.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_changes.rs
@@ -253,11 +253,7 @@ where
             }
             let finished_documents = (finished_documents * CHUNK_SIZE) as u32;
 
-            (send_progress)(Progress::from_step_documents(
-                step,
-                finished_documents,
-                total_documents,
-            ));
+            (send_progress)(Progress::from_step_substep(step, finished_documents, total_documents));
 
             // Clean up and reuse the document-specific allocator
             context.doc_alloc.reset();
@@ -276,7 +272,7 @@ where
         },
     )?;
 
-    (send_progress)(Progress::from_step_documents(step, total_documents, total_documents));
+    (send_progress)(Progress::from_step_substep(step, total_documents, total_documents));
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -285,7 +281,7 @@ pub struct Progress {
     pub finished_steps: u16,
     pub total_steps: u16,
     pub step_name: &'static str,
-    pub finished_total_documents: Option<(u32, u32)>,
+    pub finished_total_substep: Option<(u32, u32)>,
 }
 
 impl Progress {
@@ -294,12 +290,12 @@ impl Progress {
             finished_steps: step.finished_steps(),
             total_steps: Step::total_steps(),
             step_name: step.name(),
-            finished_total_documents: None,
+            finished_total_substep: None,
         }
     }
-    pub fn from_step_documents(step: Step, finished_documents: u32, total_documents: u32) -> Self {
+    pub fn from_step_substep(step: Step, finished_substep: u32, total_substep: u32) -> Self {
         Self {
-            finished_total_documents: Some((finished_documents, total_documents)),
+            finished_total_substep: Some((finished_substep, total_substep)),
             ..Progress::from_step(step)
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
index 76baf1580..b5e3502e0 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl<'pl> DocumentOperation<'pl> {
             if must_stop_processing() {
                 return Err(InternalError::AbortedIndexation.into());
             }
-            send_progress(Progress::from_step_documents(
+            send_progress(Progress::from_step_substep(
                 Step::PreparingPayloads,
                 payload_index as u32,
                 payload_count as u32,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl<'pl> DocumentOperation<'pl> {
             operations_stats.push(PayloadStats { document_count, bytes, error });
         }
 
-        send_progress(Progress::from_step_documents(
+        send_progress(Progress::from_step_substep(
             Step::PreparingPayloads,
             payload_count as u32,
             payload_count as u32,