diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c
index 48befd9f0812..8b5136460ea6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c
@@ -377,12 +377,12 @@ static int query_gt_list(struct xe_device *xe, struct drm_xe_device_query *query
 		gt_list->gt_list[id].gt_id = gt->info.id;
 		gt_list->gt_list[id].clock_freq = gt->info.clock_freq;
 		if (!IS_DGFX(xe))
-			gt_list->gt_list[id].native_mem_regions = 0x1;
+			gt_list->gt_list[id].near_mem_regions = 0x1;
 		else
-			gt_list->gt_list[id].native_mem_regions =
+			gt_list->gt_list[id].near_mem_regions =
 				BIT(gt_to_tile(gt)->id) << 1;
-		gt_list->gt_list[id].slow_mem_regions = xe->info.mem_region_mask ^
-			gt_list->gt_list[id].native_mem_regions;
+		gt_list->gt_list[id].far_mem_regions = xe->info.mem_region_mask ^
+			gt_list->gt_list[id].near_mem_regions;
 	}
 
 	if (copy_to_user(query_ptr, gt_list, size)) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
index a8d351c9fa7c..30567500e6cd 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
@@ -349,17 +349,19 @@ struct drm_xe_query_gt {
 	/** @clock_freq: A clock frequency for timestamp */
 	__u32 clock_freq;
 	/**
-	 * @native_mem_regions: Bit mask of instances from
-	 * drm_xe_query_mem_usage that lives on the same GPU/Tile and have
-	 * direct access.
+	 * @near_mem_regions: Bit mask of instances from
+	 * drm_xe_query_mem_usage that are nearest to the current engines
+	 * of this GT.
 	 */
-	__u64 native_mem_regions;
+	__u64 near_mem_regions;
 	/**
-	 * @slow_mem_regions: Bit mask of instances from
-	 * drm_xe_query_mem_usage that this GT can indirectly access, although
-	 * they live on a different GPU/Tile.
+	 * @far_mem_regions: Bit mask of instances from
+	 * drm_xe_query_mem_usage that are far from the engines of this GT.
+	 * In general, they have extra indirections when compared to the
+	 * @near_mem_regions. For a discrete device this could mean system
+	 * memory and memory living in a different tile.
 	 */
-	__u64 slow_mem_regions;
+	__u64 far_mem_regions;
 	/** @reserved: Reserved */
 	__u64 reserved[8];
 };