diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ead418c..71d1405 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ JSON object with `status` key. Depending on the status aditional keys might be p
  * **memoryLimit**: memory limit as set by cgroup's `memory.max` exceeded
  * **pidsLimit**: pids limit as set by cgroup's `pids.max` exceeded
  * **timeLimit**: run time limit exceeded, see `timeLimit` in [Request](#Request) section
- * **fileLimit**: task output is written to a file; file size limit exceeded, see `pipes` in [Request](#Request) section
+ * **outputLimit**: task output size limit exceeded, see `pipes`, `copyFiles` and `stdStreams` in [Request](#Request) section
  * **requestInvalid**: request JSON invalid
     * **description**: error description
  * **internalError**: internal error
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Optional keys:
    Chroot prefix (if any) is automatically prepended to the path in `src` key.
    
    Optional `limit` numeric key caps the maximum amount of collected data (no limit by default).
-   If the limit is exeeded, the task terminates with `status:fileLimit`.
+   If the limit is exeeded, the task terminates with `status:outputLimit`.
 
  * **copyFiles**: object []
 
diff --git a/src/fail.c b/src/fail.c
index 4aef5aa..67eec93 100644
--- a/src/fail.c
+++ b/src/fail.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const char kStatusKilled[]         = "killed";
 const char kStatusMemoryLimit[]    = "memoryLimit";
 const char kStatusPidsLimit[]      = "pidsLimit";
 const char kStatusTimeLimit[]      = "timeLimit";
-const char kStatusFileLimit[]      = "fileLimit";
+const char kStatusOutputLimit[]    = "outputLimit";
 const char kStatusInternalError[]  = "internalError";
 const char kStatusRequestInvalid[] = "requestInvalid";
 const char kStatusResponseTooBig[] = "responseTooBig";
diff --git a/src/sandals.h b/src/sandals.h
index a31489b..1d25a43 100644
--- a/src/sandals.h
+++ b/src/sandals.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ extern const char kStatusKilled[];         // = "killed"
 extern const char kStatusMemoryLimit[];    // = "memoryLimit"
 extern const char kStatusPidsLimit[];      // = "pidsLimit"
 extern const char kStatusTimeLimit[];      // = "timeLimit"
-extern const char kStatusFileLimit[];      // = "fileLimit"
+extern const char kStatusOutputLimit[];    // = "outputLimit"
 extern const char kStatusInternalError[];  // = "internalError"
 extern const char kStatusRequestInvalid[]; // = "requestInvalid"
 extern const char kStatusResponseTooBig[]; // = "responseTooBig"
diff --git a/src/supervisor.c b/src/supervisor.c
index cc46ab1..efa568f 100644
--- a/src/supervisor.c
+++ b/src/supervisor.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int do_pipes(struct sandals_supervisor *s) {
             if (rc) {
                 s->response.size = 0;
                 response_append_raw(&s->response, "{\"status\":\"");
-                response_append_esc(&s->response, kStatusFileLimit);
+                response_append_esc(&s->response, kStatusOutputLimit);
                 response_append_raw(&s->response, "\"}\n");
                 status = -1;
             }
diff --git a/tests/harness.js b/tests/harness.js
index 00cb4b7..8a3c8d9 100644
--- a/tests/harness.js
+++ b/tests/harness.js
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ function pidsLimit(request) {
     return r;
 }
 
-function fileLimit(request) {
+function outputLimit(request) {
     const r = sandals(request);
-    if (r.status != 'fileLimit') assert.fail(r);
+    if (r.status != 'outputLimit') assert.fail(r);
     return r;
 }
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ module.exports = {
     timeLimit,
     memoryLimit,
     pidsLimit,
-    fileLimit,
+    outputLimit,
     test,
     testAtExit: fn=>cleanupHandlers.push(fn),
     getInfo,
diff --git a/tests/pipes.js b/tests/pipes.js
index 5ce189a..5488655 100644
--- a/tests/pipes.js
+++ b/tests/pipes.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const assert = require('assert');
 const {
-    test, requestInvalid, exited, internalError, fileLimit, TmpFile
+    test, requestInvalid, exited, internalError, outputLimit, TmpFile
 } = require('./harness');
 
 test('pipesInvalid', ()=>{
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test('pipes3', ()=>{
 
 test('pipeslimit', ()=>{
     const output = new TmpFile();
-    fileLimit({
+    outputLimit({
         cmd: ['yes'],
         pipes: [{dest: output, stdout: true, limit: 10}]
     });
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test('copyFilesEarlyFailure', ()=>{
 
 test('copyFilesLimit', ()=>{
     const output = new TmpFile();
-    fileLimit({
+    outputLimit({
         cmd: ['echo', '0123456789abcdef'],
         mounts: [{type: 'tmpfs', dest: '/tmp'}],
         copyFiles: [{src: '/tmp/output', dest: output, stdout: true, limit: 4}]