diff --git a/TwitterGeoPics/SearchOldTweets.py b/TwitterGeoPics/SearchOldTweets.py
index af3a4f0..f79edef 100644
--- a/TwitterGeoPics/SearchOldTweets.py
+++ b/TwitterGeoPics/SearchOldTweets.py
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ def process_tweet(status, photo_dir, stalk):
 		lookup_geocode(status)
 
 
-def search_tweets(api, list, photo_dir, region, stalk, no_retweets, count):
-	"""Get tweets containing any words in 'list'."""
-	words = ' OR '.join(list)
+def search_tweets(api, word_list, photo_dir, region, stalk, no_retweets, count):
+	"""Get tweets containing any words in 'word_list'."""
+	words = ' OR '.join(word_list)
 	params = {'q':words, 'count':count}
 	if region:
 		params['geocode'] = '%f,%f,%fkm' % region # lat,lng,radius
diff --git a/TwitterGeoPics/StreamNewTweets.py b/TwitterGeoPics/StreamNewTweets.py
index 3cf3285..51ce01c 100644
--- a/TwitterGeoPics/StreamNewTweets.py
+++ b/TwitterGeoPics/StreamNewTweets.py
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ def process_tweet(status, photo_dir, stalk):
 		lookup_geocode(status)
 					
 
-def stream_tweets(api, list, photo_dir, region, stalk, no_retweets):
-	"""Get tweets containing any words in 'list' or that originate from 'region'."""
+def stream_tweets(api, word_list, photo_dir, region, stalk, no_retweets):
+	"""Get tweets containing any words in 'word_list' or that originate from 'region'."""
 	params = {}
-	if list is not None:
-		words = ','.join(list)
+	if word_list is not None:
+		words = ','.join(word_list)
 		params['track'] = words
 	if region is not None:
 		params['locations'] = '%f,%f,%f,%f' % region