--- a/scripts/plot/__print_parse_opts__.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/__print_parse_opts__.m
@@ -225,13 +225,13 @@
               "eps", "ps", "ps", "pdf"};
 
   if (isfigure (arg_st.figure))
-    __backend__ = get (arg_st.figure, "__backend__");
+    __graphics_toolkit__ = get (arg_st.figure, "__graphics_toolkit__");
   else
     ## Allow tests when no figures are present.
-    __backend__ = get (0, "defaultfigure__backend__");
+    __graphics_toolkit__ = get (0, "defaultfigure__graphics_toolkit__");
   endif
 
-  if (strcmp (__backend__, "gnuplot")
+  if (strcmp (__graphics_toolkit__, "gnuplot")
       && __gnuplot_has_feature__ ("epslatex_implies_eps_filesuffix"))
     suffixes(strncmp (dev_list, "epslatex", 8)) = {"eps"};
   endif
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
       paperposition = [0.25, 2.50, 8.00, 6.00] * 72;
     endif
     arg_st.canvas_size = paperposition(3:4);
-    if (strcmp (__backend__, "gnuplot") && ! arg_st.ghostscript.epscrop)
+    if (strcmp (__graphics_toolkit__, "gnuplot") && ! arg_st.ghostscript.epscrop)
       arg_st.ghostscript.pageoffset = paperposition(1:2) - 50;
     else
       arg_st.ghostscript.pageoffset = paperposition(1:2);
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
   ##                            "ps", "ps2", "psc", "psc2"
   ##
   ## eps, epsc, eps2, epsc2 are not included here because those are 
-  ## are generated by the backend.
+  ## are generated by the graphics toolkit.
   aliases.bmp = "bmp32b";
   aliases.pdf = "pdfwrite";
   aliases.png = "png16m";