diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
index 9180ae12..a461658e 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
@@ -157,15 +157,19 @@ impl<T> CscMatrix<T> {
     /// An error is returned if the data given does not conform to the CSC storage format.
     /// See the documentation for [CscMatrix](struct.CscMatrix.html) for more information.
     pub fn try_from_csc_data(
-        nrows: usize,
-        ncols: usize,
+        num_rows: usize,
+        num_cols: usize,
         col_offsets: Vec<usize>,
         row_indices: Vec<usize>,
         values: Vec<T>,
     ) -> Result<Self, SparseFormatError> {
-        let pattern =
-            SparsityPattern::try_from_offsets_and_indices(ncols, nrows, col_offsets, row_indices)
-                .map_err(pattern_format_error_to_csc_error)?;
+        let pattern = SparsityPattern::try_from_offsets_and_indices(
+            num_cols,
+            num_rows,
+            col_offsets,
+            row_indices,
+        )
+        .map_err(pattern_format_error_to_csc_error)?;
         Self::try_from_pattern_and_values(pattern, values)
     }
 
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
index 1f52a867..bd35bf6b 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
@@ -158,15 +158,19 @@ impl<T> CsrMatrix<T> {
     /// An error is returned if the data given does not conform to the CSR storage format.
     /// See the documentation for [CsrMatrix](struct.CsrMatrix.html) for more information.
     pub fn try_from_csr_data(
-        nrows: usize,
-        ncols: usize,
+        num_rows: usize,
+        num_cols: usize,
         row_offsets: Vec<usize>,
         col_indices: Vec<usize>,
         values: Vec<T>,
     ) -> Result<Self, SparseFormatError> {
-        let pattern =
-            SparsityPattern::try_from_offsets_and_indices(nrows, ncols, row_offsets, col_indices)
-                .map_err(pattern_format_error_to_csr_error)?;
+        let pattern = SparsityPattern::try_from_offsets_and_indices(
+            num_rows,
+            num_cols,
+            row_offsets,
+            col_indices,
+        )
+        .map_err(pattern_format_error_to_csr_error)?;
         Self::try_from_pattern_and_values(pattern, values)
     }