diff --git a/darshan-util/darshan-parser.c b/darshan-util/darshan-parser.c
index ffd338c0201bc86a13b969e9ec0ae8a70948b4d3..5112d92a00e986873871b7f70129e860603d41e8 100644
--- a/darshan-util/darshan-parser.c
+++ b/darshan-util/darshan-parser.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             printf("# I/O timing for unique files (seconds):\n");
             printf("# ...........................\n");
             printf("# unique files: slowest_rank_io_time: %lf\n", pdata.slowest_rank_time);
-            printf("# unique files: slowest_rank_meta_time: %lf\n", pdata.slowest_rank_meta_time);
+            printf("# unique files: slowest_rank_meta_only_time: %lf\n", pdata.slowest_rank_meta_time);
             printf("# unique files: slowest rank: %d\n", pdata.slowest_rank_rank);
             printf("#\n");
             printf("# I/O timing for shared files (seconds):\n");
@@ -1350,7 +1350,6 @@ void calc_perf(perf_data_t *pdata,
     if (pdata->slowest_rank_time + pdata->shared_time_by_slowest)
     pdata->agg_perf_by_slowest = ((double)pdata->total_bytes / 1048576.0) /
                                      (pdata->slowest_rank_time +
-                                      pdata->slowest_rank_meta_time +
                                       pdata->shared_time_by_slowest);
 
     return;
diff --git a/darshan-util/doc/darshan-util.txt b/darshan-util/doc/darshan-util.txt
index 53cb8860ffff49835b61d06279ed92185d7ebda8..576fb48e7f92e281ccb2e65beb5b12a677c9ac97 100644
--- a/darshan-util/doc/darshan-util.txt
+++ b/darshan-util/doc/darshan-util.txt
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Job performance information can be generated using the `--perf` command-line opt
 # I/O timing for unique files (seconds):
 # ...........................
 # unique files: slowest_rank_io_time: 0.000000
-# unique files: slowest_rank_meta_time: 0.000000
+# unique files: slowest_rank_meta_only_time: 0.000000
 # unique files: slowest_rank: 0
 #
 # I/O timing for shared files (seconds):
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ type of file access.
 
 * unique files: slowest_rank_io_time: total I/O time for unique files
   (including both metadata + data transfer time)
-* unique files: slowest_rank_meta_time: metadata time for unique files
+* unique files: slowest_rank_meta_only_time: metadata time for unique files
 * unique files: slowest_rank: the rank of the slowest process
 
 .I/O timing for shared files