diff --git a/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90 b/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
index 8835545f9..1c8842a60 100644
--- a/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
+++ b/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ module spectral_utilities
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! variables storing information for spectral method and FFTW
 
-  real   (C_DOUBLE),        public,  dimension(:,:,:,:,:),     pointer     :: tensorField_real      !< real representation (some stress or deformation) of field_fourier
-  complex(C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX),public,  dimension(:,:,:,:,:),     pointer     :: tensorField_fourier   !< field on which the Fourier transform operates
-  real(C_DOUBLE),           public,  dimension(:,:,:,:),       pointer     :: vectorField_real      !< vector field real representation for fftw
-  complex(C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX),public,  dimension(:,:,:,:),       pointer     :: vectorField_fourier   !< vector field fourier representation for fftw
-  real(C_DOUBLE),           public,  dimension(:,:,:),         pointer     :: scalarField_real      !< scalar field real representation for fftw
-  complex(C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX),public,  dimension(:,:,:),         pointer     :: scalarField_fourier   !< scalar field fourier representation for fftw
+  real(C_DOUBLE),           public,  dimension(:,:,:,:,:),     pointer     :: tensorField_real      !< tensor field in real space
+  real(C_DOUBLE),           public,  dimension(:,:,:,:),       pointer     :: vectorField_real      !< vector field in real space
+  real(C_DOUBLE),           public,  dimension(:,:,:),         pointer     :: scalarField_real      !< scalar field in real space
+  complex(C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX),         dimension(:,:,:,:,:),     pointer     :: tensorField_fourier   !< tensor field in Fourier space
+  complex(C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX),         dimension(:,:,:,:),       pointer     :: vectorField_fourier   !< tensor field in Fourier space
+  complex(C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX),         dimension(:,:,:),         pointer     :: scalarField_fourier   !< tensor field in Fourier space
   complex(pReal),                    dimension(:,:,:,:,:,:,:), allocatable :: gamma_hat             !< gamma operator (field) for spectral method
   complex(pReal),                    dimension(:,:,:,:),       allocatable :: xi1st                 !< wave vector field for first derivatives
   complex(pReal),                    dimension(:,:,:,:),       allocatable :: xi2nd                 !< wave vector field for second derivatives