diff --git a/singlem/appraiser.py b/singlem/appraiser.py
index 0390753b..178cbf44 100644
--- a/singlem/appraiser.py
+++ b/singlem/appraiser.py
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ def print_appraisal(self, appraisal,
         '''print the Appraisal object overview to STDOUT'''
 
         headers = ['sample', 'domain']
-        if doing_binning: headers.append('num_binned')
-        if doing_assembly: headers.append('num_assembled')
-        headers.append('num_not_found')
+        if doing_binning: headers.append('coverage_binned')
+        if doing_assembly: headers.append('coverage_assembled')
+        headers.append('coverage_not_found')
         if doing_binning: headers.append('percent_binned')
         if doing_assembly: headers.append('percent_assembled')
         output_io.write("\t".join(headers)+"\n")
diff --git a/test/test_appraise.py b/test/test_appraise.py
index c460b1c6..43aaad5c 100644
--- a/test/test_appraise.py
+++ b/test/test_appraise.py
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def test_print_appraisal(self):
 
         to_print = StringIO()
         appraiser.print_appraisal(app, packages, True, to_print)
-        self.assertEqual("sample\tdomain\tnum_binned\tnum_not_found\tpercent_binned\nminimal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0.0\nminimal\td__Bacteria\t4\t0\t100.0\nanother\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0.0\nanother\td__Bacteria\t0\t2\t0.0\ntotal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0.0\naverage\td__Archaea\t0.0\t0.0\tnan\ntotal\td__Bacteria\t4\t2\t66.7\naverage\td__Bacteria\t2.0\t1.0\t50.0\n", to_print.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual("sample\tdomain\tcoverage_binned\tcoverage_not_found\tpercent_binned\nminimal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0.0\nminimal\td__Bacteria\t4\t0\t100.0\nanother\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0.0\nanother\td__Bacteria\t0\t2\t0.0\ntotal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0.0\naverage\td__Archaea\t0.0\t0.0\tnan\ntotal\td__Bacteria\t4\t2\t66.7\naverage\td__Bacteria\t2.0\t1.0\t50.0\n", to_print.getvalue())
 
         to_print = StringIO()
         found_otu_table_io = StringIO()
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ def test_print_assembly_appraise(self):
 
         to_print = StringIO()
         appraiser.print_appraisal(app, packages, True, to_print, doing_assembly=True)
-        self.assertEqual("sample\tdomain\tnum_binned\tnum_assembled\tnum_not_found\tpercent_binned\tpercent_assembled\nminimal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nminimal\td__Bacteria\t0\t4\t0\t0.0\t100.0\nanother\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nanother\td__Bacteria\t0\t0\t2\t0.0\t0.0\ntotal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\naverage\td__Archaea\t0.0\t0.0\t0.0\tnan\tnan\ntotal\td__Bacteria\t0\t4\t2\t0.0\t66.7\naverage\td__Bacteria\t0.0\t2.0\t1.0\t0.0\t50.0\n", to_print.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual("sample\tdomain\tcoverage_binned\tcoverage_assembled\tcoverage_not_found\tpercent_binned\tpercent_assembled\nminimal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nminimal\td__Bacteria\t0\t4\t0\t0.0\t100.0\nanother\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nanother\td__Bacteria\t0\t0\t2\t0.0\t0.0\ntotal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\naverage\td__Archaea\t0.0\t0.0\t0.0\tnan\tnan\ntotal\td__Bacteria\t0\t4\t2\t0.0\t66.7\naverage\td__Bacteria\t0.0\t2.0\t1.0\t0.0\t50.0\n", to_print.getvalue())
 
         to_print = StringIO()
         found_otu_table_io = StringIO()
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def test_print_assembly_appraise_all_binned(self):
 
         to_print = StringIO()
         appraiser.print_appraisal(app, packages, True, to_print, doing_assembly=True)
-        self.assertEqual("sample\tdomain\tnum_binned\tnum_assembled\tnum_not_found\tpercent_binned\tpercent_assembled\nminimal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nminimal\td__Bacteria\t4\t4\t0\t100.0\t100.0\nanother\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nanother\td__Bacteria\t0\t0\t2\t0.0\t0.0\ntotal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\naverage\td__Archaea\t0.0\t0.0\t0.0\tnan\tnan\ntotal\td__Bacteria\t4\t4\t2\t66.7\t66.7\naverage\td__Bacteria\t2.0\t2.0\t1.0\t50.0\t50.0\n", to_print.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual("sample\tdomain\tcoverage_binned\tcoverage_assembled\tcoverage_not_found\tpercent_binned\tpercent_assembled\nminimal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nminimal\td__Bacteria\t4\t4\t0\t100.0\t100.0\nanother\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\nanother\td__Bacteria\t0\t0\t2\t0.0\t0.0\ntotal\td__Archaea\t0\t0\t0\t0.0\t0.0\naverage\td__Archaea\t0.0\t0.0\t0.0\tnan\tnan\ntotal\td__Bacteria\t4\t4\t2\t66.7\t66.7\naverage\td__Bacteria\t2.0\t2.0\t1.0\t50.0\t50.0\n", to_print.getvalue())
 
         # Check that unbinned is the same as assembled OTUs when no binning is done
         to_print = StringIO()
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ def test_appraise_default_cutoff(self):
                 cmd = f'{path_to_script} appraise --metagenome-otu-table {f.name} --genome-otu-table {g.name} --imperfect --metapackage {smpkg}'
 
                 expected_header = "# Appraised using max divergence 2 (97% ANI)\n"
-                expected = """sample  domain  num_binned      num_not_found   percent_binned
+                expected = """sample  domain  coverage_binned coverage_not_found      percent_binned
 minimal d__Archaea      0       0       0.0
 minimal d__Bacteria     9       4       69.2
 total   d__Archaea      0       0       0.0