diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html
index 810286db3f..ad8723321f 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
     </select>
 
     <button id="create">create</button>
-    <button id="detectChanges">detect changes</button>
+    <button id="update">update</button>
     <button id="destroy">destroy</button>
-    <button id="profile">profile detect changes</button>
+    <button id="profile_update">profile update</button>
     <button id="modify">modify externally</button>
   </p>
 
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@
   <script src="/app_bundle.js"></script>
 </body>
 
-</html>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/init.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/init.ts
index bec87b75bf..62a046fb13 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/init.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/init.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function init(moduleRef: NgModuleRef<StylingModule>) {
     appRef.tick();
   }
 
-  function detectChanges() {
+  function update() {
     component.exp = component.exp === 'bar' ? 'baz' : 'bar';
     appRef.tick();
   }
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ export function init(moduleRef: NgModuleRef<StylingModule>) {
   }
 
   bindAction('#create', () => create(select.selectedIndex));
-  bindAction('#detectChanges', detectChanges);
+  bindAction('#update', update);
   bindAction('#destroy', destroy);
-  bindAction('#profile', profile(() => {
+  bindAction('#profile_update', profile(() => {
                for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-                 detectChanges();
+                 update();
                }
-             }, () => {}, 'detect changes'));
+             }, () => {}, 'update and detect changes'));
   bindAction('#modify', modifyExternally);
 }
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
index 948e1de3b0..34bab527fc 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ const SCENARIOS = [
 describe('styling benchmark spec', () => {
   afterEach(verifyNoBrowserErrors);
 
-  it('should render and interact to change detection', () => {
+  it('should render and interact to update and detect changes', () => {
     openBrowser({url: '/', ignoreBrowserSynchronization: true});
     create();
     const items = element.all(by.css('styling-bindings button'));
     expect(items.count()).toBe(2000);
     expect(items.first().getAttribute('title')).toBe('bar');
-    detectChanges();
+    update();
     expect(items.first().getAttribute('title')).toBe('baz');
   });
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ describe('styling benchmark spec', () => {
   SCENARIOS.forEach(({optionIndex, id}) => {
     describe(id, () => {
       it('should run detect_changes benchmark', done => {
-        runStylingBenchmark(`styling.${id}.detect_changes`, {
-          work: () => detectChanges(),
+        runStylingBenchmark(`styling.${id}.update`, {
+          work: () => update(),
           prepare: () => {
             // Switch to the current scenario by clicking the corresponding option.
             element.all(by.tagName('option')).get(optionIndex).click();
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ function create() {
   $('#create').click();
 }
 
-function detectChanges() {
-  $('#detectChanges').click();
+function update() {
+  $('#update').click();
 }
 
 /**