diff --git a/blackjax/smc/partial_posteriors_path.py b/blackjax/smc/partial_posteriors_path.py
index 2381152f4..1279ad245 100644
--- a/blackjax/smc/partial_posteriors_path.py
+++ b/blackjax/smc/partial_posteriors_path.py
@@ -16,19 +16,19 @@ class PartialPosteriorsSMCState(NamedTuple):
         The particles' positions.
     weights:
         Weights of the particles, so that they represent a probability distribution
-    selector:
-        Datapoints used to calculate the posterior the particles represent, a 1D boolean
-        array to indicate which datapoints to include in the computation of the observed likelihood.
+    data_mask:
+        A 1D boolean array to indicate which datapoints to include
+        in the computation of the observed likelihood.
     """
 
     particles: ArrayTree
     weights: Array
-    selector: Array
+    data_mask: Array
 
 
 def init(particles: ArrayLikeTree, num_datapoints: int) -> PartialPosteriorsSMCState:
     """num_datapoints are the number of observations that could potentially be
-    used in a partial posterior. Since the initial selector is all 0s, it
+    used in a partial posterior. Since the initial data_mask is all 0s, it
     means that no likelihood term will be added (only prior).
     """
     num_particles = jax.tree_util.tree_flatten(particles)[0][0].shape[0]
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ def build_kernel(
     delegate = smc_from_mcmc(mcmc_step_fn, mcmc_init_fn, resampling_fn, update_strategy)
 
     def step(
-        key, state: PartialPosteriorsSMCState, selector: Array
+        key, state: PartialPosteriorsSMCState, data_mask: Array
     ) -> Tuple[PartialPosteriorsSMCState, smc.base.SMCInfo]:
-        logposterior_fn = partial_logposterior_factory(selector)
+        logposterior_fn = partial_logposterior_factory(data_mask)
 
-        previous_logposterior_fn = partial_logposterior_factory(state.selector)
+        previous_logposterior_fn = partial_logposterior_factory(state.data_mask)
 
         def log_weights_fn(x):
             return logposterior_fn(x) - previous_logposterior_fn(x)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def log_weights_fn(x):
             key, state, num_mcmc_steps, mcmc_parameters, logposterior_fn, log_weights_fn
         )
 
-        return PartialPosteriorsSMCState(state.particles, state.weights, selector), info
+        return PartialPosteriorsSMCState(state.particles, state.weights, data_mask), info
 
     return step
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def init_fn(position: ArrayLikeTree, num_observations, rng_key=None):
         del rng_key
         return init(position, num_observations)
 
-    def step(key: PRNGKey, state: PartialPosteriorsSMCState, selector: Array):
-        return kernel(key, state, selector)
+    def step(key: PRNGKey, state: PartialPosteriorsSMCState, data_mask: Array):
+        return kernel(key, state, data_mask)
 
     return SamplingAlgorithm(init_fn, step)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
diff --git a/tests/smc/test_partial_posteriors_smc.py b/tests/smc/test_partial_posteriors_smc.py
index 0b12be8f1..5d5a5e0ed 100644
--- a/tests/smc/test_partial_posteriors_smc.py
+++ b/tests/smc/test_partial_posteriors_smc.py
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ def test_partial_posteriors(self):
 
         dataset_size = 1000
 
-        def partial_logposterior_factory(selector):
+        def partial_logposterior_factory(data_mask):
             def partial_logposterior(x):
                 lp = logprior_fn(x)
                 return lp + jnp.sum(
                     self.logdensity_by_observation(**x, **observations)
-                    * selector.reshape(-1, 1)
+                    * data_mask.reshape(-1, 1)
                 )
 
             return jax.jit(partial_logposterior)
@@ -60,20 +60,20 @@ def partial_logposterior(x):
         init_state = init(init_particles, 1000)
         smc_kernel = self.variant(kernel)
 
-        selectors = jnp.array(
+        data_masks = jnp.array(
             [
-                jnp.concat([jnp.ones(selector), jnp.zeros(dataset_size - selector)])
-                for selector in np.arange(100, 1001, 50)
+                jnp.concat([jnp.ones(datapoints_chosen), jnp.zeros(dataset_size - datapoints_chosen)])
+                for datapoints_chosen in np.arange(100, 1001, 50)
             ]
         )
 
-        def body_fn(carry, selector):
+        def body_fn(carry, data_mask):
             i, state = carry
             subkey = jax.random.fold_in(self.key, i)
-            new_state, info = smc_kernel(subkey, state, selector)
+            new_state, info = smc_kernel(subkey, state, data_mask)
             return (i + 1, new_state), (new_state, info)
 
-        (steps, result), it = jax.lax.scan(body_fn, (0, init_state), selectors)
+        (steps, result), it = jax.lax.scan(body_fn, (0, init_state), data_masks)
         assert steps == 19
 
         self.assert_linear_regression_test_case(result)