diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/ast/expressions.py b/src/pystencils/backend/ast/expressions.py
index 51807d96a1f3468074d6f8ff9f8917c87da014fa..151f86c6e3db4e5c4f7914d7da9e94240412cdb2 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/ast/expressions.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/ast/expressions.py
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ class PsArrayInitList(PsExpression):
         self._items = np.array(items, dtype=np.object_)
 
     @property
-    def items_matrix(self) -> NDArray[np.object_]:
+    def items_grid(self) -> NDArray[np.object_]:
         return self._items
     
     @property
diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/emission.py b/src/pystencils/backend/emission.py
index c7969fa50962bd3c8e6acafe3a9a0bf2dc46f63b..579d4764835729bb98e17a085898b8b7f1612f27 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/emission.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/emission.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class CAstPrinter:
                         return "{ " + entries + " }"
 
                 pc.push_op(Ops.Weakest, LR.Middle)
-                arr_str = print_arr(node.items_matrix)
+                arr_str = print_arr(node.items_grid)
                 pc.pop_op()
                 return arr_str
 
diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/freeze.py b/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/freeze.py
index 8509712caccb5d0e7d3cbbf883360f37a9506ed0..0ae5a0d1be80ee7a02c667372c30620aef6e77fd 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/freeze.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/freeze.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class FreezeExpressions:
                     f"Cannot translate nested arrays of non-uniform shape: {expr}"
                 )
             
-            return PsArrayInitList([s.items_matrix for s in subarrays])  # type: ignore
+            return PsArrayInitList([s.items_grid for s in subarrays])  # type: ignore
         else:
             #  base case: no nested arrays
             return PsArrayInitList(items)
diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/typification.py b/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/typification.py
index da05fdf4b175b664e8aa1a01112e54c03c5dc271..819d4a12b5446dd7a330d69cee6248ab204d4a64 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/typification.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/kernelcreation/typification.py
@@ -220,9 +220,7 @@ class TypeContext:
 
     def _compatible(self, dtype: PsType):
         """Checks whether the given data type is compatible with the context's target type.
-
-        If the target type is ``const``, they must be equal up to const qualification;
-        if the target type is not ``const``, `dtype` must match it exactly.
+        The two must match except for constness.
         """
         assert self._target_type is not None
         return deconstify(dtype) == self._target_type
@@ -267,11 +265,7 @@ class Typifier:
 
     **Typing of symbol expressions**
 
-    Some expressions (`PsSymbolExpr`, `PsArrayAccess`) encapsulate symbols and inherit their data types, but
-    not necessarily their const-qualification.
-    A symbol with non-``const`` type may occur in a `PsSymbolExpr` with ``const`` type,
-    and an array base pointer with non-``const`` base type may be nested in a ``const`` `PsArrayAccess`,
-    but not vice versa.
+    Some expressions (`PsSymbolExpr`, `PsArrayAccess`) encapsulate symbols and inherit their data types.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, ctx: KernelCreationContext):