diff --git a/R/plot_miss.R b/R/plot_miss.R
index 86f1e802..46d5f7f1 100644
--- a/R/plot_miss.R
+++ b/R/plot_miss.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #'
 #' @param data An incomplete dataset of class `data.frame` or `matrix`.
 #' @param vrb String, vector, or unquoted expression with variable name(s), default is "all".
-#' @param border Logical indicating whether borders should be present between tiles.
+#' @param grid Logical indicating whether borders should be present between tiles.
 #' @param ordered Logical indicating whether rows should be ordered according to their pattern.
 #' @param square  Logical indicating whether the plot tiles should be squares, defaults to squares.
 #'
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 plot_miss <-
   function(data,
            vrb = "all",
-           border = FALSE,
+           grid = FALSE,
            square = FALSE,
            ordered = FALSE) {
     # input processing
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ plot_miss <-
       ) +
       theme_minimice()
     # additional arguments
-    if (border) {
+    if (grid) {
       gg <- gg + ggplot2::geom_tile(color = "black")
     } else{
       gg <- gg + ggplot2::geom_tile()
diff --git a/man/plot_miss.Rd b/man/plot_miss.Rd
index 7f405f27..98264a8c 100644
--- a/man/plot_miss.Rd
+++ b/man/plot_miss.Rd
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 \alias{plot_miss}
 \title{Plot missingness in a dataset}
 \usage{
-plot_miss(data, vrb = "all", border = FALSE, square = FALSE, ordered = FALSE)
+plot_miss(data, vrb = "all", grid = FALSE, square = FALSE, ordered = FALSE)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{data}{An incomplete dataset of class \code{data.frame} or \code{matrix}.}
 
 \item{vrb}{String, vector, or unquoted expression with variable name(s), default is "all".}
 
-\item{border}{Logical indicating whether borders should be present between tiles.}
+\item{grid}{Logical indicating whether borders should be present between tiles.}
 
 \item{square}{Logical indicating whether the plot tiles should be squares, defaults to squares.}
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-plot_miss.R.R b/tests/testthat/test-plot_miss.R
similarity index 89%
rename from tests/testthat/test-plot_miss.R.R
rename to tests/testthat/test-plot_miss.R
index 7c934f2f..8f10f00e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-plot_miss.R.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-plot_miss.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dat <- mice::nhanes
 # tests
 test_that("plot_miss produces plot", {
   expect_s3_class(plot_miss(dat), "ggplot")
-  expect_s3_class(plot_miss(dat, border = TRUE, ordered = TRUE, square = TRUE), "ggplot")
+  expect_s3_class(plot_miss(dat, grid = TRUE, ordered = TRUE, square = TRUE), "ggplot")
   expect_s3_class(plot_miss(cbind(dat, "testvar" = NA)), "ggplot")
 })