diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/companionwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/companionwindow.cpp
index 4ea2a44c7..7b6644c6b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/companionwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/companionwindow.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void CompanionWindow::onMessageBoxButtonClicked(int button)
     if (button == 0)
     {
         mPtr.getRefData().getLocals().setVarByInt(mPtr.getClass().getScript(mPtr),
-            "minimumProfit", mPtr.getClass().getNpcStats(mPtr).getProfit());
+            "minimumprofit", mPtr.getClass().getNpcStats(mPtr).getProfit());
 
         MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->removeGuiMode(GM_Companion);
         MWBase::Environment::get().getDialogueManager()->startDialogue (mPtr);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.hpp
index 1e8c6e12a..9fa4214ac 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.hpp
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ namespace MWScript
             bool isEmpty() const;
 
             void configure (const ESM::Script& script);
+            /// @note var needs to be in lowercase
             bool setVarByInt(const std::string& script, const std::string& var, int val);
-            int getIntVar (const std::string& script, const std::string& var); ///< if var does not exist, returns 0
+            int getIntVar (const std::string& script, const std::string& var);
+            ///< if var does not exist, returns 0
+            /// @note var needs to be in lowercase
 
             void write (ESM::Locals& locals, const std::string& script) const;