diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 568561a83f..9cb5f30d47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ http://localhost:8001/History/downloads.json will return that data as JSON:
             "total_bytes",
             ...
         ],
-        "table_rows": 576,
+        "table_rows_count": 576,
         "rows": [
             [
                 1,
diff --git a/datasette/app.py b/datasette/app.py
index 2aade1e4ad..c0ceb3208e 100644
--- a/datasette/app.py
+++ b/datasette/app.py
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ async def get(self, request, as_json):
                 )[:5],
                 'tables_count': len(tables),
                 'tables_more': len(tables) > 5,
-                'table_rows': sum(t['count'] for t in tables),
-                'hidden_table_rows': sum(t['count'] for t in hidden_tables),
+                'table_rows_sum': sum(t['count'] for t in tables),
+                'hidden_table_rows_sum': sum(t['count'] for t in hidden_tables),
                 'hidden_tables_count': len(hidden_tables),
                 'views_count': len(info['views']),
             }
@@ -639,11 +639,11 @@ async def data(self, request, name, hash, table):
             params['search'] = search
 
         info = self.ds.inspect()
-        table_rows = None
+        table_rows_count = None
         sortable_columns = set()
         if not is_view:
             table_info = info[name]['tables'][table]
-            table_rows = table_info['count']
+            table_rows_count = table_info['count']
             sortable_columns = self.sortable_columns_for_table(name, table, use_rowid)
 
         # Allow for custom sort order
@@ -798,11 +798,11 @@ async def data(self, request, name, hash, table):
             rows = rows[:self.page_size]
 
         # Number of filtered rows in whole set:
-        filtered_table_rows = None
+        filtered_table_rows_count = None
         if count_sql:
             try:
                 count_rows = list(await self.execute(name, count_sql, params))
-                filtered_table_rows = count_rows[0][0]
+                filtered_table_rows_count = count_rows[0][0]
             except sqlite3.OperationalError:
                 # Almost certainly hit the timeout
                 pass
@@ -858,8 +858,8 @@ async def extra_template():
             'human_description_en': human_description_en,
             'rows': rows[:self.page_size],
             'truncated': truncated,
-            'table_rows': table_rows,
-            'filtered_table_rows': filtered_table_rows,
+            'table_rows_count': table_rows_count,
+            'filtered_table_rows_count': filtered_table_rows_count,
             'columns': columns,
             'primary_keys': pks,
             'query': {
diff --git a/datasette/templates/index.html b/datasette/templates/index.html
index d1cc0eee6c..cb52740a56 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/index.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/index.html
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ <h1>{{ metadata.title or "Datasette" }}</h1>
 {% for database in databases %}
     <h2 style="padding-left: 10px; border-left: 10px solid #{{ database.hash[:6] }}"><a href="{{ database.path }}">{{ database.name }}</a></h2>
     <p>
-        {{ "{:,}".format(database.table_rows) }} rows in {{ database.tables_count }} table{% if database.tables_count != 1 %}s{% endif %}{% if database.tables_count and database.hidden_tables_count %}, {% endif %}
+        {{ "{:,}".format(database.table_rows_sum) }} rows in {{ database.tables_count }} table{% if database.tables_count != 1 %}s{% endif %}{% if database.tables_count and database.hidden_tables_count %}, {% endif %}
         {% if database.hidden_tables_count %}
-            {{ "{:,}".format(database.hidden_table_rows) }} rows in {{ database.hidden_tables_count }} hidden table{% if database.hidden_tables_count != 1 %}s{% endif %}
+            {{ "{:,}".format(database.hidden_table_rows_sum) }} rows in {{ database.hidden_tables_count }} hidden table{% if database.hidden_tables_count != 1 %}s{% endif %}
         {% endif %}
         {% if database.views_count %}
             {% if database.tables_count or database.hidden_tables_count %} - {% endif %}
diff --git a/datasette/templates/table.html b/datasette/templates/table.html
index 56fd47449c..034cab531a 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/table.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/table.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 
-{% block title %}{{ database }}: {{ table }}: {% if filtered_table_rows or filtered_table_rows == 0 %}{{ "{:,}".format(filtered_table_rows) }} row{% if filtered_table_rows == 1 %}{% else %}s{% endif %}{% endif %}
+{% block title %}{{ database }}: {{ table }}: {% if filtered_table_rows_count or filtered_table_rows_count == 0 %}{{ "{:,}".format(filtered_table_rows_count) }} row{% if filtered_table_rows_count == 1 %}{% else %}s{% endif %}{% endif %}
     {% if human_description_en %}where {{ human_description_en }}{% endif %}{% endblock %}
 
 {% block extra_head %}
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ <h1 style="padding-left: 10px; border-left: 10px solid #{{ database_hash[:6] }}"
 
 {% block description_source_license %}{% include "_description_source_license.html" %}{% endblock %}
 
-{% if filtered_table_rows or human_description_en %}
-    <h3>{% if filtered_table_rows or filtered_table_rows == 0 %}{{ "{:,}".format(filtered_table_rows) }} row{% if filtered_table_rows == 1 %}{% else %}s{% endif %}{% endif %}
+{% if filtered_table_rows_count or human_description_en %}
+    <h3>{% if filtered_table_rows_count or filtered_table_rows_count == 0 %}{{ "{:,}".format(filtered_table_rows_count) }} row{% if filtered_table_rows_count == 1 %}{% else %}s{% endif %}{% endif %}
         {% if human_description_en %}{{ human_description_en }}{% endif %}
     </h3>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/getting_started.rst b/docs/getting_started.rst
index f8f3fa5260..ff32c67f41 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ JSON:
             "total_bytes",
             ...
         ],
-        "table_rows": 576,
+        "table_rows_count": 576,
         "rows": [
             [
                 1,
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 311938a194..93f996e910 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ def test_sortable_and_filtered(app_client):
         row for row in generate_sortable_rows(201)
         if 'd' in row['content']
     ]
+    assert len(expected) == response.json['filtered_table_rows_count']
+    assert 201 == response.json['table_rows_count']
     expected.sort(key=lambda row: -row['sortable'])
     assert [
         r['content'] for r in expected