diff --git a/include/tcg/tcg.h b/include/tcg/tcg.h
index 59854f95b1..2010e746ca 100644
--- a/include/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/include/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -433,11 +433,15 @@ typedef enum TCGTempVal {
 typedef enum TCGTempKind {
     /* Temp is dead at the end of all basic blocks. */
     TEMP_NORMAL,
-    /* Temp is live across conditional branch, but dead otherwise. */
+    /*
+     * Temp is dead at the end of the extended basic block (EBB),
+     * the single-entry multiple-exit region that falls through
+     * conditional branches.
+     */
     TEMP_EBB,
-    /* Temp is saved across basic blocks but dead at the end of TBs. */
-    TEMP_LOCAL,
-    /* Temp is saved across both basic blocks and translation blocks. */
+    /* Temp is live across the entire translation block, but dead at end. */
+    TEMP_TB,
+    /* Temp is live across the entire translation block, and between them. */
     TEMP_GLOBAL,
     /* Temp is in a fixed register. */
     TEMP_FIXED,
diff --git a/tcg/optimize.c b/tcg/optimize.c
index 763bca9ea6..ce05989c39 100644
--- a/tcg/optimize.c
+++ b/tcg/optimize.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static TCGTemp *find_better_copy(TCGContext *s, TCGTemp *ts)
         } else if (i->kind > ts->kind) {
             if (i->kind == TEMP_GLOBAL) {
                 g = i;
-            } else if (i->kind == TEMP_LOCAL) {
+            } else if (i->kind == TEMP_TB) {
                 l = i;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 9739e4830f..1a31a30a0d 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ TCGTemp *tcg_global_mem_new_internal(TCGType type, TCGv_ptr base,
 TCGTemp *tcg_temp_new_internal(TCGType type, bool temp_local)
 {
     TCGContext *s = tcg_ctx;
-    TCGTempKind kind = temp_local ? TEMP_LOCAL : TEMP_NORMAL;
+    TCGTempKind kind = temp_local ? TEMP_TB : TEMP_NORMAL;
     TCGTemp *ts;
     int idx, k;
 
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ void tcg_temp_free_internal(TCGTemp *ts)
          */
         return;
     case TEMP_NORMAL:
-    case TEMP_LOCAL:
+    case TEMP_TB:
         break;
     default:
         g_assert_not_reached();
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ static void tcg_reg_alloc_start(TCGContext *s)
         case TEMP_EBB:
             val = TEMP_VAL_DEAD;
             /* fall through */
-        case TEMP_LOCAL:
+        case TEMP_TB:
             ts->mem_allocated = 0;
             break;
         default:
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ static char *tcg_get_arg_str_ptr(TCGContext *s, char *buf, int buf_size,
     case TEMP_GLOBAL:
         pstrcpy(buf, buf_size, ts->name);
         break;
-    case TEMP_LOCAL:
+    case TEMP_TB:
         snprintf(buf, buf_size, "loc%d", idx - s->nb_globals);
         break;
     case TEMP_EBB:
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ static void la_bb_end(TCGContext *s, int ng, int nt)
         switch (ts->kind) {
         case TEMP_FIXED:
         case TEMP_GLOBAL:
-        case TEMP_LOCAL:
+        case TEMP_TB:
             state = TS_DEAD | TS_MEM;
             break;
         case TEMP_NORMAL:
@@ -2803,7 +2803,7 @@ static void la_bb_sync(TCGContext *s, int ng, int nt)
         int state;
 
         switch (ts->kind) {
-        case TEMP_LOCAL:
+        case TEMP_TB:
             state = ts->state;
             ts->state = state | TS_MEM;
             if (state != TS_DEAD) {
@@ -3496,7 +3496,7 @@ static void temp_free_or_dead(TCGContext *s, TCGTemp *ts, int free_or_dead)
     case TEMP_FIXED:
         return;
     case TEMP_GLOBAL:
-    case TEMP_LOCAL:
+    case TEMP_TB:
         new_type = TEMP_VAL_MEM;
         break;
     case TEMP_NORMAL:
@@ -3784,7 +3784,7 @@ static void tcg_reg_alloc_bb_end(TCGContext *s, TCGRegSet allocated_regs)
         TCGTemp *ts = &s->temps[i];
 
         switch (ts->kind) {
-        case TEMP_LOCAL:
+        case TEMP_TB:
             temp_save(s, ts, allocated_regs);
             break;
         case TEMP_NORMAL:
@@ -3821,7 +3821,7 @@ static void tcg_reg_alloc_cbranch(TCGContext *s, TCGRegSet allocated_regs)
          * Keep tcg_debug_asserts for safety.
          */
         switch (ts->kind) {
-        case TEMP_LOCAL:
+        case TEMP_TB:
             tcg_debug_assert(ts->val_type != TEMP_VAL_REG || ts->mem_coherent);
             break;
         case TEMP_NORMAL:
