diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Messages.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Messages.hs
index 22506218aa..21da83ad05 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Messages.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Messages.hs
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ instance MsgDirectionI d => ToJSON (ChatItem c d) where
   toJSON = J.genericToJSON J.defaultOptions {J.omitNothingFields = True}
   toEncoding = J.genericToEncoding J.defaultOptions {J.omitNothingFields = True}
 
-isReference :: ChatItem c d -> Bool
-isReference ChatItem {chatDir, quotedItem} = case chatDir of
+isMention :: ChatItem c d -> Bool
+isMention ChatItem {chatDir, quotedItem} = case chatDir of
   CIDirectRcv -> userItem quotedItem
   CIGroupRcv _ -> userItem quotedItem
   _ -> False
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Terminal/Output.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Terminal/Output.hs
index a45390e8c3..a623536cd9 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Terminal/Output.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Terminal/Output.hs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ runTerminalOutput ct cc@ChatController {outputQ, showLiveItems, logFilePath} = d
     responseNotification ct cc r
   where
     markChatItemRead u (AChatItem _ _ chat ci@ChatItem {chatDir, meta = CIMeta {itemStatus}}) =
-      case (chatDirNtf u chat chatDir (isReference ci), itemStatus) of
+      case (chatDirNtf u chat chatDir (isMention ci), itemStatus) of
         (True, CISRcvNew) -> do
           let itemId = chatItemId' ci
               chatRef = chatInfoToRef chat
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ runTerminalOutput ct cc@ChatController {outputQ, showLiveItems, logFilePath} = d
 responseNotification :: ChatTerminal -> ChatController -> ChatResponse -> IO ()
 responseNotification t@ChatTerminal {sendNotification} cc = \case
   CRNewChatItem u (AChatItem _ SMDRcv cInfo ci@ChatItem {chatDir, content = CIRcvMsgContent mc, formattedText}) ->
-    when (chatDirNtf u cInfo chatDir $ isReference ci) $ do
+    when (chatDirNtf u cInfo chatDir $ isMention ci) $ do
       whenCurrUser cc u $ setActiveChat t cInfo
       case (cInfo, chatDir) of
         (DirectChat ct, _) -> sendNtf (viewContactName ct <> "> ", text)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ responseNotification t@ChatTerminal {sendNotification} cc = \case
     where
       text = msgText mc formattedText
   CRChatItemUpdated u (AChatItem _ SMDRcv cInfo ci@ChatItem {chatDir, content = CIRcvMsgContent _}) ->
-    whenCurrUser cc u $ when (chatDirNtf u cInfo chatDir $ isReference ci) $ setActiveChat t cInfo
+    whenCurrUser cc u $ when (chatDirNtf u cInfo chatDir $ isMention ci) $ setActiveChat t cInfo
   CRContactConnected u ct _ -> when (contactNtf u ct False) $ do
     whenCurrUser cc u $ setActiveContact t ct
     sendNtf (viewContactName ct <> "> ", "connected")
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
index f465375f12..86a10988d6 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
@@ -350,40 +350,40 @@ responseToView user_ ChatConfig {logLevel, showReactions, showReceipts, testView
     contactList :: [ContactRef] -> String
     contactList cs = T.unpack . T.intercalate ", " $ map (\ContactRef {localDisplayName = n} -> "@" <> n) cs
     unmuted :: User -> ChatInfo c -> ChatItem c d -> [StyledString] -> [StyledString]
-    unmuted u chat ci@ChatItem {chatDir} = unmuted' u chat chatDir $ isReference ci
+    unmuted u chat ci@ChatItem {chatDir} = unmuted' u chat chatDir $ isMention ci
     unmutedReaction :: User -> ChatInfo c -> CIReaction c d -> [StyledString] -> [StyledString]
     unmutedReaction u chat CIReaction {chatDir} = unmuted' u chat chatDir False
     unmuted' :: User -> ChatInfo c -> CIDirection c d -> Bool -> [StyledString] -> [StyledString]
-    unmuted' u chat chatDir reference s
-      | chatDirNtf u chat chatDir reference = s
+    unmuted' u chat chatDir mention s
+      | chatDirNtf u chat chatDir mention = s
       | otherwise = []
 
 userNtf :: User -> Bool
 userNtf User {showNtfs, activeUser} = showNtfs || activeUser
 
 chatNtf :: User -> ChatInfo c -> Bool -> Bool
-chatNtf user cInfo reference = case cInfo of
-  DirectChat ct -> contactNtf user ct reference
-  GroupChat g -> groupNtf user g reference
+chatNtf user cInfo mention = case cInfo of
+  DirectChat ct -> contactNtf user ct mention
+  GroupChat g -> groupNtf user g mention
   _ -> False
 
 chatDirNtf :: User -> ChatInfo c -> CIDirection c d -> Bool -> Bool
-chatDirNtf user cInfo chatDir reference = case (cInfo, chatDir) of
-  (DirectChat ct, CIDirectRcv) -> contactNtf user ct reference
-  (GroupChat g, CIGroupRcv m) -> groupNtf user g reference && showMessages (memberSettings m)
+chatDirNtf user cInfo chatDir mention = case (cInfo, chatDir) of
+  (DirectChat ct, CIDirectRcv) -> contactNtf user ct mention
+  (GroupChat g, CIGroupRcv m) -> groupNtf user g mention && showMessages (memberSettings m)
   _ -> True
 
 contactNtf :: User -> Contact -> Bool -> Bool
-contactNtf user Contact {chatSettings} reference =
-  userNtf user && showMessageNtf chatSettings reference
+contactNtf user Contact {chatSettings} mention =
+  userNtf user && showMessageNtf chatSettings mention
 
 groupNtf :: User -> GroupInfo -> Bool -> Bool
-groupNtf user GroupInfo {chatSettings} reference =
-  userNtf user && showMessageNtf chatSettings reference
+groupNtf user GroupInfo {chatSettings} mention =
+  userNtf user && showMessageNtf chatSettings mention
 
 showMessageNtf :: ChatSettings -> Bool -> Bool
-showMessageNtf ChatSettings {enableNtfs} reference =
-  enableNtfs == MFAll || (reference && enableNtfs == MFMentions)
+showMessageNtf ChatSettings {enableNtfs} mention =
+  enableNtfs == MFAll || (mention && enableNtfs == MFMentions)
 
 chatItemDeletedText :: ChatItem c d -> Maybe GroupMember -> Maybe Text
 chatItemDeletedText ChatItem {meta = CIMeta {itemDeleted}, content} membership_ =