diff --git a/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_2d.pyx b/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_2d.pyx
index 4727404c..88983287 100644
--- a/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_2d.pyx
+++ b/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_2d.pyx
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ cdef extern void unwrap2D(float* wrapped_image,
                      int image_width, int image_height,
                      int wrap_around_x, int wrap_around_y)
 
-def unwrap_2d(float[:, ::1] array,
+def unwrap_2d(float[:, ::1] image,
               unsigned char[:, ::1] mask,
-              float[:, ::1] unwrapped_array,
+              float[:, ::1] unwrapped_image,
               wrap_around):
-    unwrap2D(&array[0, 0],
-             &unwrapped_array[0, 0],
+    unwrap2D(&image[0, 0],
+             &unwrapped_image[0, 0],
              &mask[0, 0],
-             array.shape[1], array.shape[0],
+             image.shape[1], image.shape[0],
              wrap_around[1], wrap_around[0],
              )
diff --git a/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_3d.pyx b/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_3d.pyx
index f7a4f10e..b202e8b9 100644
--- a/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_3d.pyx
+++ b/skimage/exposure/_unwrap_3d.pyx
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ cdef extern void unwrap3D(float* wrapped_volume,
                      int image_width, int image_height, int volume_depth,
                      int wrap_around_x, int wrap_around_y, int wrap_around_z)
 
-def unwrap_3d(float[:, :, ::1] array,
+def unwrap_3d(float[:, :, ::1] image,
               unsigned char[:, :, ::1] mask,
-              float[:, :, ::1] unwrapped_array,
+              float[:, :, ::1] unwrapped_image,
               wrap_around):
-    unwrap3D(&array[0, 0, 0],
-             &unwrapped_array[0, 0, 0],
+    unwrap3D(&image[0, 0, 0],
+             &unwrapped_image[0, 0, 0],
              &mask[0, 0, 0],
-             array.shape[2], array.shape[1], array.shape[0], #TODO: check!!!
+             image.shape[2], image.shape[1], image.shape[0], #TODO: check!!!
              wrap_around[2], wrap_around[1], wrap_around[0],
              )