diff --git a/include/circ_elem_array.h b/include/circ_elem.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/circ_elem_array.h
rename to include/circ_elem.h
diff --git a/include/queue.h b/include/queue.h
index 49a530d..b0ce6fd 100644
--- a/include/queue.h
+++ b/include/queue.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "def.h"
 #include "rw_lock.h"
-#include "circ_elem_array.h"
+#include "circ_elem.h"
 
 namespace ipc {
 
diff --git a/src/ipc.cpp b/src/ipc.cpp
index 45b0deb..b65d6b0 100644
--- a/src/ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipc.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct msg_t {
 using queue_t = ipc::queue<msg_t, Policy>;
 
 struct shm_info_t {
-    typename queue_t::elems_t elems_;  // the circ_elem_array in shm
+    typename queue_t::elems_t elems_;  // the elements in shm
 };
 
 constexpr static void* head_of(queue_t* que) {
diff --git a/test/test_circ.cpp b/test/test_circ.cpp
index 54fa1eb..8810046 100644
--- a/test/test_circ.cpp
+++ b/test/test_circ.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-#include "circ_elem_array.h"
+#include "circ_elem.h"
 #include "queue.h"
 #include "memory/resource.hpp"
 #include "test.h"