diff --git a/da/baseclasses/optimizer.py b/da/baseclasses/optimizer.py
index da1c280855b3380a6bd04029ce929579496e5d1e..1b856211dbc29c8e6bc376c5969565710950164f 100755
--- a/da/baseclasses/optimizer.py
+++ b/da/baseclasses/optimizer.py
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@ class Optimizer(object):
             data =  self.R
 
             savedict                = io.std_savedict.copy()
-            savedict['name']        = ""
-            savedict['long_name']   = "modeldatamismatchvariance"
+            savedict['name']        = "modeldatamismatchvariance"
+            savedict['long_name']   = "modeldatamismatch variance"
             savedict['units']       = "[mol mol-1]^2"
             savedict['dims']        = dimobs+dimobs
             savedict['values']      = data.tolist()
-            savedict['comment']     = 'Variance of mole fractions resulting from model-data mismatch (R)'
+            savedict['comment']     = 'Variance of mole fractions resulting from model-data mismatch'
             dummy                   = f.AddData(savedict)
 
         # Continue with posterior only data
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class Optimizer(object):
             savedict['units']       = "[mol mol-1]^2"
             savedict['dims']        = dimobs+dimobs
             savedict['values']      = data.tolist()
-            savedict['comment']     = 'Variance of mole fractions resulting from prior state (HPH) and model-data mismatch (R)'
+            savedict['comment']     = 'Variance of mole fractions resulting from prior state and model-data mismatch'
             dummy                   = f.AddData(savedict)
 
             data =  self.flags