diff --git a/src/core/core.scale.js b/src/core/core.scale.js
index 8937c75bfb3..3a0ae2e523f 100644
--- a/src/core/core.scale.js
+++ b/src/core/core.scale.js
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ defaults._set('scale', {
 
 function getPixelForGridLine(scale, index, offsetGridLines) {
 	var lineValue = scale.getPixelForTick(index);
-	var range;
+	var dimension;
 
 	if (offsetGridLines) {
 		if (scale.getTicks().length === 1) {
-			range = scale._getRange();
-			lineValue -= Math.max(lineValue - range.start, range.end - lineValue);
+			dimension = scale._getDimension();
+			lineValue -= Math.max(lineValue - dimension.start, dimension.end - lineValue);
 		} else if (index === 0) {
 			lineValue -= (scale.getPixelForTick(1) - lineValue) / 2;
 		} else {
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ var Scale = Element.extend({
 	/**
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	_getRange: function() {
+	_getDimension: function() {
 		var me = this;
 		if (me.isHorizontal()) {
 			return {
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.category.js b/src/scales/scale.category.js
index 2166760d01e..7ba073e4e54 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.category.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.category.js
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 		var options = me.options;
 		var offset = options.offset;
 		var offsetAmt = Math.max(me._ticks.length - (offset ? 0 : 1), 1);
-		var range = me._getRange();
-		var valueDimension = range.size / offsetAmt;
+		var dimension = me._getDimension();
+		var valueDimension = dimension.length / offsetAmt;
 		var valueCategory, labels, idx, pixel;
 
 		// If value is a data object, then index is the index in the data array,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 			pixel += valueDimension / 2;
 		}
 
-		return options.ticks.reverse ? range.end - pixel : range.start + pixel;
+		return options.ticks.reverse ? dimension.end - pixel : dimension.start + pixel;
 	},
 
 	getPixelForTick: function(index) {
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 		var options = me.options;
 		var offset = options.offset;
 		var offsetAmt = Math.max(me._ticks.length - (offset ? 0 : 1), 1);
-		var range = me._getRange();
-		var valueDimension = range.size / offsetAmt;
+		var dimension = me._getDimension();
+		var valueDimension = dimension.size / offsetAmt;
 
-		pixel = options.ticks.reverse ? range.end - pixel : pixel - range.start;
+		pixel = options.ticks.reverse ? dimension.end - pixel : pixel - dimension.start;
 
 		if (offset) {
 			pixel -= valueDimension / 2;
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.time.js b/src/scales/scale.time.js
index 04fde798808..0852a32d22f 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.time.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.time.js
@@ -705,11 +705,11 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 	getPixelForOffset: function(time) {
 		var me = this;
 		var offsets = me._offsets;
-		var range = me._getRange();
+		var dimension = me._getDimension();
 		var pos = interpolate(me._table, 'time', time, 'pos');
-		var offset = range.size * (offsets.start + pos) / (offsets.start + 1 + offsets.end);
+		var offset = dimension.size * (offsets.start + pos) / (offsets.start + 1 + offsets.end);
 
-		return me.options.ticks.reverse ? range.end - offset : range.start + offset;
+		return me.options.ticks.reverse ? dimension.end - offset : dimension.start + offset;
 	},
 
 	getPixelForValue: function(value, index, datasetIndex) {
@@ -739,8 +739,8 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 	getValueForPixel: function(pixel) {
 		var me = this;
 		var offsets = me._offsets;
-		var range = me._getRange();
-		var pos = (range.size ? (pixel - range.start) / range.size : 0) * (offsets.start + 1 + offsets.end) - offsets.start;
+		var dimension = me._getDimension();
+		var pos = (dimension.size ? (pixel - dimension.start) / dimension.size : 0) * (offsets.start + 1 + offsets.end) - offsets.start;
 		var time = interpolate(me._table, 'pos', pos, 'time');
 
 		// DEPRECATION, we should return time directly