diff --git a/app/controllers/profiles/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/profiles/notifications_controller.rb
index 936fe071347..efed4a19ee3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/profiles/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/profiles/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ class Profiles::NotificationsController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @notification = current_user.notification
-    @users_projects = current_user.project_members
-    @users_groups = current_user.group_members
+    @project_members = current_user.project_members
+    @group_members = current_user.group_members
   end
 
   def update
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/team_members_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/team_members_controller.rb
index 575797d36dc..158661f66fc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/team_members_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/team_members_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Projects::TeamMembersController < Projects::ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @group = @project.group
-    @users_projects = @project.project_members.order('access_level DESC')
+    @project_members = @project.project_members.order('access_level DESC')
   end
 
   def new
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 114e40983f8..0adedaa8dcd 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :snippets,           dependent: :destroy, class_name: "ProjectSnippet"
   has_many :hooks,              dependent: :destroy, class_name: "ProjectHook"
   has_many :protected_branches, dependent: :destroy
-  has_many :users_projects, dependent: :destroy
-  has_many :users, through: :users_projects
+  has_many :project_members, dependent: :destroy, as: :source, class_name: 'ProjectMember'
+  has_many :users, through: :project_members
   has_many :deploy_keys_projects, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :deploy_keys, through: :deploy_keys_projects
   has_many :users_star_projects, dependent: :destroy
@@ -353,12 +353,12 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def team_member_by_name_or_email(name = nil, email = nil)
     user = users.where("name like ? or email like ?", name, email).first
-    users_projects.where(user: user) if user
+    project_members.where(user: user) if user
   end
 
   # Get Team Member record by user id
   def team_member_by_id(user_id)
-    users_projects.find_by(user_id: user_id)
+    project_members.find_by(user_id: user_id)
   end
 
   def name_with_namespace
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def project_member(user)
-    users_projects.where(user_id: user).first
+    project_members.where(user_id: user).first
   end
 
   def default_branch
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index b235437817a..ef006e07b64 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Projects
   has_many :groups_projects,          through: :groups, source: :projects
   has_many :personal_projects,        through: :namespace, source: :projects
-  has_many :projects,                 through: :users_projects
+  has_many :projects,                 through: :project_members
   has_many :created_projects,         foreign_key: :creator_id, class_name: 'Project'
   has_many :users_star_projects, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :starred_projects, through: :users_star_projects, source: :project
 
   has_many :snippets,                 dependent: :destroy, foreign_key: :author_id, class_name: "Snippet"
-  has_many :users_projects,           dependent: :destroy
+  has_many :project_members,           dependent: :destroy
   has_many :issues,                   dependent: :destroy, foreign_key: :author_id
   has_many :notes,                    dependent: :destroy, foreign_key: :author_id
   has_many :merge_requests,           dependent: :destroy, foreign_key: :author_id
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :in_team, ->(team){ where(id: team.member_ids) }
   scope :not_in_team, ->(team){ where('users.id NOT IN (:ids)', ids: team.member_ids) }
   scope :not_in_project, ->(project) { project.users.present? ? where("id not in (:ids)", ids: project.users.map(&:id) ) : all }
-  scope :without_projects, -> { where('id NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT(user_id) FROM users_projects)') }
+  scope :without_projects, -> { where('id NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT(user_id) FROM project_members)') }
   scope :ldap, -> { where(provider:  'ldap') }
 
   scope :potential_team_members, ->(team) { team.members.any? ? active.not_in_team(team) : active  }
diff --git a/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml b/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml
index 7a1fc06d3ac..52fc5cea887 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
               %i.icon-edit
         %ul.well-list
           - @group_members.each do |member|
-            = render 'users_groups/users_group', member: member, show_controls: false
+            = render 'group_members/users_group', member: member, show_controls: false
         .panel-footer
           = paginate @group_members, param_name: 'group_members_page', theme: 'gitlab'
 
diff --git a/app/views/groups/_new_group_member.html.haml b/app/views/groups/_new_group_member.html.haml
index 2938a15c608..e590ddbf931 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/_new_group_member.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/_new_group_member.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= form_for @users_group, url: group_users_groups_path(@group), html: { class: 'form-horizontal users-group-form' } do |f|
+= form_for @users_group, url: group_group_members_path(@group), html: { class: 'form-horizontal users-group-form' } do |f|
   .form-group
     = f.label :user_ids, "People", class: 'control-label'
     .col-sm-10= users_select_tag(:user_ids, multiple: true, class: 'input-large')
diff --git a/app/views/groups/members.html.haml b/app/views/groups/members.html.haml
index 19819c96124..7035cb95092 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/members.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/members.html.haml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       (#{@members.total_count})
   %ul.well-list
     - @members.each do |member|
-      = render 'users_groups/users_group', member: member, show_roles: show_roles, show_controls: true
+      = render 'group_members/users_group', member: member, show_roles: show_roles, show_controls: true
 = paginate @members, theme: 'gitlab'
 
 :coffeescript
diff --git a/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml b/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml
index efe9c032190..3e28f2f5f90 100644
--- a/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
   .col-md-6
     %h4 Groups:
     %ul.bordered-list
-      - @users_groups.each do |users_group|
+      - @group_members.each do |users_group|
         - notification = Notification.new(users_group)
         = render 'settings', type: 'group', membership: users_group, notification: notification
 
   .col-md-6
     %h4 Projects:
     %ul.bordered-list
-      - @users_projects.each do |users_project|
+      - @project_members.each do |users_project|
         - notification = Notification.new(users_project)
         = render 'settings', type: 'project', membership: users_project, notification: notification
diff --git a/app/views/projects/team_members/_group_members.html.haml b/app/views/projects/team_members/_group_members.html.haml
index c86648138c7..837f2f5c932 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/team_members/_group_members.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/team_members/_group_members.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         %i.icon-edit
   %ul.well-list
     - @group.group_members.order('access_level DESC').limit(20).each do |member|
-      = render 'users_groups/users_group', member: member, show_controls: false
+      = render 'group_members/users_group', member: member, show_controls: false
     - if group_users_count > 20
       %li
         and #{group_users_count - 20} more. For full list visit #{link_to 'group members page', members_group_path(@group)}
diff --git a/app/views/projects/team_members/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/team_members/index.html.haml
index ddb3b9d4a9d..ecb7c689e8a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/team_members/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/team_members/index.html.haml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 %p.light
   Read more about project permissions
   %strong= link_to "here", help_page_path("permissions", "permissions"), class: "vlink"
-= render "team", members: @users_projects
+= render "team", members: @project_members
 - if @group
   = render "group_members"
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index 3629f1d5353..e00844227a8 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       check_database_config_exists
       check_database_is_not_sqlite
       check_migrations_are_up
-      check_orphaned_users_groups
+      check_orphaned_group_members
       check_gitlab_config_exists
       check_gitlab_config_not_outdated
       check_log_writable
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       end
     end
 
-    def check_orphaned_users_groups
+    def check_orphaned_group_members
       print "Database contains orphaned GroupMembers? ... "
       if GroupMember.where("user_id not in (select id from users)").count > 0
         puts "yes".red
diff --git a/spec/factories/users_groups.rb b/spec/factories/users_groups.rb
index 931f6a25575..450a0d88b76 100644
--- a/spec/factories/users_groups.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/users_groups.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # == Schema Information
 #
-# Table name: users_groups
+# Table name: group_members
 #
 #  id                 :integer          not null, primary key
 #  group_access       :integer          not null
diff --git a/spec/models/group_member_spec.rb b/spec/models/group_member_spec.rb
index 9eb4859ebd5..58205e599fe 100644
--- a/spec/models/group_member_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/group_member_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # == Schema Information
 #
-# Table name: users_groups
+# Table name: group_members
 #
 #  id                 :integer          not null, primary key
 #  group_access       :integer          not null
diff --git a/spec/models/group_spec.rb b/spec/models/group_spec.rb
index 006a8402d00..1d4ba8a2b85 100644
--- a/spec/models/group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/group_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe Group do
 
   describe "Associations" do
     it { should have_many :projects }
-    it { should have_many :users_groups }
+    it { should have_many :group_members }
   end
 
   it { should validate_presence_of :name }
diff --git a/spec/models/project_member_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_member_spec.rb
index 76c5437a555..0178d065e57 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_member_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_member_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # == Schema Information
 #
-# Table name: users_projects
+# Table name: project_members
 #
 #  id                 :integer          not null, primary key
 #  user_id            :integer          not null
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index 1c11ac39567..21800ab98ff 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe Project do
     it { should have_many(:merge_requests).dependent(:destroy) }
     it { should have_many(:issues).dependent(:destroy) }
     it { should have_many(:milestones).dependent(:destroy) }
-    it { should have_many(:users_projects).dependent(:destroy) }
+    it { should have_many(:project_members).dependent(:destroy) }
     it { should have_many(:notes).dependent(:destroy) }
     it { should have_many(:snippets).class_name('ProjectSnippet').dependent(:destroy) }
     it { should have_many(:deploy_keys_projects).dependent(:destroy) }
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index f5c42f7cb2d..0250014bc21 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe User do
   describe "Associations" do
     it { should have_one(:namespace) }
     it { should have_many(:snippets).class_name('Snippet').dependent(:destroy) }
-    it { should have_many(:users_projects).dependent(:destroy) }
+    it { should have_many(:project_members).dependent(:destroy) }
     it { should have_many(:groups) }
     it { should have_many(:keys).dependent(:destroy) }
     it { should have_many(:events).class_name('Event').dependent(:destroy) }