diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/panels/PageOpVcarveEdit.ui b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/panels/PageOpVcarveEdit.ui
index a484343d33..eb09dd2b9d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/panels/PageOpVcarveEdit.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/panels/PageOpVcarveEdit.ui
@@ -95,17 +95,17 @@
          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Threshold</string>
+         <string>Filter Colinear lines</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="1">
-       <widget class="QSpinBox" name="threshold">
+       <widget class="QSpinBox" name="colinearFilter">
         <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Threshold is used by the medial axis filter to remove unwanted segments. If the resulting path contains unwanted segments, decrease this value. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valid values are 0.0 - 1.0&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Default = 0.8&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1.0 will remove nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sets how aggressively colinear segments are filtered from the voronoi diagram&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valid values are 0 - 90 degrees (larger numbers filter more)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Default = 10&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
         </property>
         <property name="maximum">
-         <number>180</number>
+         <number>90</number>
         </property>
         <property name="value">
          <number>10</number>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarve.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarve.py
index 51609933a0..f380635882 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarve.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarve.py
@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ class ObjectVcarve(PathEngraveBase.ObjectOp):
         obj.addProperty("App::PropertyFloat", "Discretize", "Path",
                         QtCore.QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("PathVcarve",
                         "The deflection value for discretizing arcs"))
-        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyFloat", "Threshold", "Path",
+        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyFloat", "Colinear", "Path",
                         QtCore.QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("PathVcarve",
-                        "cutoff for removing colinear segments (degrees). \
+                        "Cutoff for removing colinear segments (degrees). \
                         default=10.0."))
         obj.addProperty("App::PropertyFloat", "Tolerance", "Path",
                 QtCore.QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("PathVcarve", ""))
-        obj.Threshold = 10.0
+        obj.Colinear = 10.0
         obj.Discretize = 0.01
         obj.Tolerance = PathPreferences.defaultGeometryTolerance()
         self.setupAdditionalProperties(obj)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class ObjectVcarve(PathEngraveBase.ObjectOp):
             vd.colorExterior(EXTERIOR2,
                 lambda v: not f.isInside(v.toPoint(f.BoundBox.ZMin),
                 obj.Tolerance, True))
-            vd.colorColinear(COLINEAR, obj.Threshold)
+            vd.colorColinear(COLINEAR, obj.Colinear)
             vd.colorTwins(TWIN)
 
             wires = _collectVoronoiWires(vd);
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarveGui.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarveGui.py
index d2823939d7..60910d5d9a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarveGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathVcarveGui.py
@@ -120,15 +120,15 @@ class TaskPanelOpPage(PathOpGui.TaskPanelPage):
         '''getFields(obj) ... transfers values from UI to obj's proprties'''
         if obj.Discretize != self.form.discretize.value():
             obj.Discretize = self.form.discretize.value()
-        if obj.Threshold != self.form.threshold.value():
-            obj.Threshold = self.form.threshold.value()
+        if obj.Colinear != self.form.colinearFilter.value():
+            obj.Colinear = self.form.colinearFilter.value()
         self.updateToolController(obj, self.form.toolController)
         self.updateCoolant(obj, self.form.coolantController)
 
     def setFields(self, obj):
         '''setFields(obj) ... transfers obj's property values to UI'''
         self.form.discretize.setValue(obj.Discretize)
-        self.form.threshold.setValue(obj.Threshold)
+        self.form.colinearFilter.setValue(obj.Colinear)
         self.setupToolController(obj, self.form.toolController)
         self.setupCoolant(obj, self.form.coolantController)
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class TaskPanelOpPage(PathOpGui.TaskPanelPage):
         '''getSignalsForUpdate(obj) ... return list of signals for updating obj'''
         signals = []
         signals.append(self.form.discretize.editingFinished)
-        signals.append(self.form.threshold.editingFinished)
+        signals.append(self.form.colinearFilter.editingFinished)
         signals.append(self.form.toolController.currentIndexChanged)
         signals.append(self.form.coolantController.currentIndexChanged)
         return signals