diff --git a/R/distance_to_leader.R b/R/distance_to_leader.R
index ff389fe4..e48024e4 100644
--- a/R/distance_to_leader.R
+++ b/R/distance_to_leader.R
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #' \code{\link[data.table:setDT]{data.table::setDT}} or by reassigning using
 #' \code{\link[data.table:data.table]{data.table::data.table}}.
 #'
-#' This function expects a \code{rank_dist_along_group_bearing} column
+#' This function expects a \code{rank_position_group_direction} column
 #' generated with \code{leader_direction_group(return_rank = TRUE)},
 #' a \code{group} column generated with the
 #' \code{group_pts} function. The \code{coords} and \code{group} arguments
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ distance_to_leader <- function(DT, coords = c('x', 'y'), group = 'group') {
   stopifnot(first(coords) %in% colnames(DT))
   stopifnot(last(coords) %in% colnames(DT))
   stopifnot(group %in% colnames(DT))
-  stopifnot('rank_dist_along_group_bearing' %in% colnames(DT))
+  stopifnot('rank_position_group_direction' %in% colnames(DT))
 
   DT[, temp_N_by_group := .N, by = c(group)]
 
-  check_has_leader <- DT[, .(has_leader = any(rank_dist_along_group_bearing == 1)),
+  check_has_leader <- DT[, .(has_leader = any(rank_position_group_direction == 1)),
                          by = c(group)][!(has_leader)]
 
   if (check_has_leader[, .N > 0]) {
-    warning('groups found missing leader (rank_dist_along_group_bearing == 1): \n',
+    warning('groups found missing leader (rank_position_group_direction == 1): \n',
             check_has_leader[, paste(group, collapse = ', ')])
   }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ distance_to_leader <- function(DT, coords = c('x', 'y'), group = 'group') {
        as.matrix(dist(cbind(.SD[[1]], .SD[[2]])))[, which(.SD[[3]] == 1)],
        0
      ),
-     .SDcols = c(coords, 'rank_dist_along_group_bearing'),
+     .SDcols = c(coords, 'rank_position_group_direction'),
      by = c(group)]
   DT[, temp_N_by_group := NULL]
   return(DT)