diff --git a/swh/model/hypothesis_strategies.py b/swh/model/hypothesis_strategies.py
--- a/swh/model/hypothesis_strategies.py
+++ b/swh/model/hypothesis_strategies.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     TimestampWithTimezone,
     Origin,
     OriginVisit,
-    OriginVisitUpdate,
+    OriginVisitStatus,
     Snapshot,
     SnapshotBranch,
     ObjectType,
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     return dictionaries(pgsql_text(), pgsql_text())
 
 
-def origin_visit_updates_d():
+def origin_visit_statuses_d():
     return builds(
         dict,
         visit=integers(0, 1000),
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
     )
 
 
-def origin_visit_updates():
-    return origin_visit_updates_d().map(OriginVisitUpdate.from_dict)
+def origin_visit_statuses():
+    return origin_visit_statuses_d().map(OriginVisitStatus.from_dict)
 
 
 @composite
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
     return one_of(
         origins().map(lambda x: ("origin", x)),
         origin_visits().map(lambda x: ("origin_visit", x)),
-        origin_visit_updates().map(lambda x: ("origin_visit_update", x)),
+        origin_visit_statuses().map(lambda x: ("origin_visit_update", x)),
         snapshots().map(lambda x: ("snapshot", x)),
         releases().map(lambda x: ("release", x)),
         revisions().map(lambda x: ("revision", x)),
diff --git a/swh/model/model.py b/swh/model/model.py
--- a/swh/model/model.py
+++ b/swh/model/model.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 
 
 @attr.s(frozen=True)
-class OriginVisitUpdate(BaseModel):
+class OriginVisitStatus(BaseModel):
     """Represents a visit update of an origin at a given point in time.
 
     """
diff --git a/swh/model/tests/test_model.py b/swh/model/tests/test_model.py
--- a/swh/model/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/swh/model/tests/test_model.py
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@
     assert origin_visit == type(origin_visit).from_dict(obj)
 
 
-@given(strategies.origin_visit_updates())
-def test_todict_origin_visit_updates(origin_visit_update):
-    obj = origin_visit_update.to_dict()
+@given(strategies.origin_visit_statuses())
+def test_todict_origin_visit_statuses(origin_visit_status):
+    obj = origin_visit_status.to_dict()
 
-    assert origin_visit_update == type(origin_visit_update).from_dict(obj)
+    assert origin_visit_status == type(origin_visit_status).from_dict(obj)
 
 
 # Timestamp