diff --git a/pyaerocom/aeroval/setupclasses.py b/pyaerocom/aeroval/setupclasses.py
index 207f7ef91..c4020af4e 100644
--- a/pyaerocom/aeroval/setupclasses.py
+++ b/pyaerocom/aeroval/setupclasses.py
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ class StatisticsSetup(BaseModel, extra="allow"):
     avg_over_trends: bool = (
         False  # Adds calculation of avg over trends of time series of stations in region
     )
-    obs_min_yrs: PositiveInt = 0  # Removes stations with less than this number of years of valid data (a year with data points in all four seasons) Should in most cases be the same as min_yrs    
-    stats_min_yrs: PositiveInt = obs_min_yrs  # Calculates trends if number of valid years are equal or more than this. Should in most cases be the same as min_yrs
+    obs_min_yrs: PositiveInt = 0  # Removes stations with less than this number of years of valid data (a year with data points in all four seasons) Should in most cases be the same as stats_min_yrs
+    stats_min_yrs: PositiveInt = obs_min_yrs  # Calculates trends if number of valid years are equal or more than this. Should in most cases be the same as obs_min_yrs
     sequential_yrs: bool = False  # Whether or not the min_yrs should be sequential
 
     stats_tseries_base_freq: str | None = None
diff --git a/tests/aeroval/test_setupclasses.py b/tests/aeroval/test_setupclasses.py
index 4fd79ab2d..56f01b2b7 100644
--- a/tests/aeroval/test_setupclasses.py
+++ b/tests/aeroval/test_setupclasses.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def test_EvalSetup_EvalRunOptions(eval_setup: EvalSetup, cfg_exp1: dict, update:
         pytest.param(None, id="default"),
         pytest.param(
             dict(
-                trends_min_yrs=10,
+                stats_min_yrs=10,
                 use_diurnal=True,
                 use_fairmode=True,
                 weighted_stats=False,
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ def test_EvalSetup_StatisticsSetup(eval_setup: EvalSetup, cfg_exp1: dict, update
     statistics_opts = eval_setup.statistics_opts
     if update:
         assert (
-            statistics_opts.trends_min_yrs
-            == cfg_exp1["trends_min_yrs"]
-            == update["trends_min_yrs"]
+            statistics_opts.stats_min_yrs
+            == cfg_exp1["stats_min_yrs"]
+            == update["stats_min_yrs"]
         )
         assert statistics_opts.use_diurnal == cfg_exp1["use_diurnal"] == update["use_diurnal"]
         assert statistics_opts.use_fairmode == cfg_exp1["use_fairmode"] == update["use_fairmode"]
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ def test_EvalSetup_StatisticsSetup(eval_setup: EvalSetup, cfg_exp1: dict, update
             == update["annual_stats_constrained"]
         )
     else:  # defaults
-        assert "trends_min_yrs" not in cfg_exp1
-        assert statistics_opts.trends_min_yrs == 0
+        assert "stats_min_yrs" not in cfg_exp1
+        assert statistics_opts.stats_min_yrs == 0
         assert "use_diurnal" not in cfg_exp1
         assert statistics_opts.use_diurnal is False
         assert "use_fairmode" not in cfg_exp1