diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 8661e164ada6b..859e726afb1b8 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ std::string string_from(const struct llama_context * ctx, const struct llama_bat
             << ", pos "      << std::to_string(batch.pos[i])
             << ", n_seq_id " << std::to_string(batch.n_seq_id[i])
             << ", seq_id "   << std::to_string(batch.seq_id[i][0])
-            << ", logits "   << std::to_string(batch.logits[i]);
+            << ", output "   << std::to_string(batch.output[i]);
     }
 
     buf << " ]";
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ void common_batch_add(
                         llama_token   id,
                           llama_pos   pos,
     const std::vector<llama_seq_id> & seq_ids,
-                               bool   logits) {
+                               bool   output) {
     GGML_ASSERT(batch.seq_id[batch.n_tokens] && "llama_batch size exceeded");
 
     batch.token   [batch.n_tokens] = id;
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ void common_batch_add(
     for (size_t i = 0; i < seq_ids.size(); ++i) {
         batch.seq_id[batch.n_tokens][i] = seq_ids[i];
     }
-    batch.logits  [batch.n_tokens] = logits;
+    batch.output  [batch.n_tokens] = output;
 
     batch.n_tokens++;
 }
diff --git a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
index 0659ab6f119a7..1f1c956274f57 100644
--- a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                 batch.pos      + i,
                 batch.n_seq_id + i,
                 batch.seq_id   + i,
-                batch.logits   + i,
+                batch.output   + i,
             };
 
             const int ret = llama_decode(ctx, batch_view);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                         common_batch_add(batch, 0, i, { j }, false);
                     }
                 }
-                batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+                batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
 
                 const auto t_pp_start = ggml_time_us();
 
diff --git a/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift b/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift
index 55c31166ca278..18b6a21d8ca49 100644
--- a/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift
+++ b/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ for (i, token) in tokens.enumerated() {
     if let seq_id = batch.seq_id[i] {
         seq_id[0] = 0
     }
-    batch.logits[i] = 0
+    batch.output[i] = 0
 }
 
 // llama_decode will output logits only for the last token of the prompt
-batch.logits[Int(batch.n_tokens) - 1] = 1
+batch.output[Int(batch.n_tokens) - 1] = 1
 
 if llama_decode(context, batch) != 0 {
     print("llama_decode() failed")
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ while n_cur <= n_len {
         if let seq_id = batch.seq_id[Int(batch.n_tokens)] {
             seq_id[0] = Int32(i)
         }
-        batch.logits[Int(batch.n_tokens)] = 1
+        batch.output[Int(batch.n_tokens)] = 1
 
         i_batch[i] = batch.n_tokens
 
diff --git a/examples/batched/batched.cpp b/examples/batched/batched.cpp
index 21b95ef5e4e83..7d2a82b518099 100644
--- a/examples/batched/batched.cpp
+++ b/examples/batched/batched.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     }
 
     // llama_decode will output logits only for the last token of the prompt
-    batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+    batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
 
     if (llama_decode(ctx, batch) != 0) {
         LOG_ERR("%s: llama_decode() failed\n", __func__);
diff --git a/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp b/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
index 38d22c90f82bb..95445b5ef68d3 100644
--- a/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
+++ b/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void batch_decode(llama_context * ctx, llama_batch & batch, float * outpu
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < batch.n_tokens; i++) {
-        if (!batch.logits[i]) {
+        if (!batch.output[i]) {
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/llama-android.cpp b/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/llama-android.cpp
index 2a73983a9832f..1718d6b4f525d 100644
--- a/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/llama-android.cpp
+++ b/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/llama-android.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Java_android_llama_cpp_LLamaAndroid_bench_1model(
             common_batch_add(*batch, 0, i, { 0 }, false);
         }
 
-        batch->logits[batch->n_tokens - 1] = true;
+        batch->output[batch->n_tokens - 1] = true;
         llama_kv_cache_clear(context);
 
         const auto t_pp_start = ggml_time_us();
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Java_android_llama_cpp_LLamaAndroid_new_1batch(JNIEnv *, jobject, jint n_tokens,
     for (int i = 0; i < n_tokens; ++i) {
         batch->seq_id[i] = (llama_seq_id *) malloc(sizeof(llama_seq_id) * n_seq_max);
     }
-    batch->logits   = (int8_t *)        malloc(sizeof(int8_t)         * n_tokens);
+    batch->output   = (int8_t *)        malloc(sizeof(int8_t)         * n_tokens);
 
     return reinterpret_cast<jlong>(batch);
 }
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Java_android_llama_cpp_LLamaAndroid_completion_1init(
     }
 
     // llama_decode will output logits only for the last token of the prompt
-    batch->logits[batch->n_tokens - 1] = true;
+    batch->output[batch->n_tokens - 1] = true;
 
     if (llama_decode(context, *batch) != 0) {
         LOGe("llama_decode() failed");
diff --git a/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift b/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift
index ee7141a663224..7b4a55f2fc9da 100644
--- a/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift
+++ b/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ func llama_batch_clear(_ batch: inout llama_batch) {
     batch.n_tokens = 0
 }
 
-func llama_batch_add(_ batch: inout llama_batch, _ id: llama_token, _ pos: llama_pos, _ seq_ids: [llama_seq_id], _ logits: Bool) {
+func llama_batch_add(_ batch: inout llama_batch, _ id: llama_token, _ pos: llama_pos, _ seq_ids: [llama_seq_id], _ outputs: Bool) {
     batch.token   [Int(batch.n_tokens)] = id
     batch.pos     [Int(batch.n_tokens)] = pos
     batch.n_seq_id[Int(batch.n_tokens)] = Int32(seq_ids.count)
     for i in 0..<seq_ids.count {
         batch.seq_id[Int(batch.n_tokens)]![Int(i)] = seq_ids[i]
     }
-    batch.logits  [Int(batch.n_tokens)] = logits ? 1 : 0
+    batch.output  [Int(batch.n_tokens)] = outputs ? 1 : 0
 
     batch.n_tokens += 1
 }
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
             let i = Int(i1)
             llama_batch_add(&batch, tokens_list[i], Int32(i), [0], false)
         }
-        batch.logits[Int(batch.n_tokens) - 1] = 1 // true
+        batch.output[Int(batch.n_tokens) - 1] = 1 // true
 
         if llama_decode(context, batch) != 0 {
             print("llama_decode() failed")
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
             for i in 0..<n_tokens {
                 llama_batch_add(&batch, 0, Int32(i), [0], false)
             }
-            batch.logits[Int(batch.n_tokens) - 1] = 1 // true
+            batch.output[Int(batch.n_tokens) - 1] = 1 // true
 
             llama_kv_cache_clear(context)
 
diff --git a/examples/llava/llava.cpp b/examples/llava/llava.cpp
index 3007140459e4e..d9692e60643e2 100644
--- a/examples/llava/llava.cpp
+++ b/examples/llava/llava.cpp
@@ -441,13 +441,13 @@ struct llava_embd_batch {
     std::vector<int32_t>        n_seq_id;
     std::vector<llama_seq_id>   seq_id_0;
     std::vector<llama_seq_id *> seq_ids;
-    std::vector<int8_t>         logits;
+    std::vector<int8_t>         outputs;
     llama_batch batch;
     llava_embd_batch(float * embd, int32_t n_tokens, llama_pos pos_0, llama_seq_id seq_id) {
         pos     .resize(n_tokens);
         n_seq_id.resize(n_tokens);
         seq_ids .resize(n_tokens + 1);
-        logits  .resize(n_tokens);
+        outputs .resize(n_tokens);
         seq_id_0.resize(1);
         seq_id_0[0] = seq_id;
         seq_ids [n_tokens] = nullptr;
@@ -458,13 +458,13 @@ struct llava_embd_batch {
             /*pos            =*/ pos.data(),
             /*n_seq_id       =*/ n_seq_id.data(),
             /*seq_id         =*/ seq_ids.data(),
-            /*logits         =*/ logits.data(),
+            /*output         =*/ outputs.data(),
         };
         for (int i = 0; i < n_tokens; i++) {
             batch.pos     [i] = pos_0 + i;
             batch.n_seq_id[i] = 1;
             batch.seq_id  [i] = seq_id_0.data();
-            batch.logits  [i] = false;
+            batch.output  [i] = false;
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp b/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp
index 7ef43d5e12876..3f87c0a1aa53e 100644
--- a/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp
+++ b/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
                     // extract the logits only for the last token
                     if (batch.n_tokens > 0) {
-                        batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+                        batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
                     }
 
                     client.n_prompt  = tokens_prompt.size();
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                 batch.pos      + i,
                 batch.n_seq_id + i,
                 batch.seq_id   + i,
-                batch.logits   + i,
+                batch.output   + i,
             };
 
             const int ret = llama_decode(ctx, batch_view);
diff --git a/examples/passkey/passkey.cpp b/examples/passkey/passkey.cpp
index 5953928d47d33..15f99bcdd9087 100644
--- a/examples/passkey/passkey.cpp
+++ b/examples/passkey/passkey.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
 
         if (i + n_batch >= n_tokens_all) {
-            batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+            batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
         }
 
         if (llama_decode(ctx, batch) != 0) {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
 
         if (i + n_batch >= n_tokens_all) {
-            batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+            batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
         }
 
         if (llama_decode(ctx, batch) != 0) {
diff --git a/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp b/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
index 9bf6c57433ab2..2b194b8d9bc74 100644
--- a/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
+++ b/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
@@ -572,9 +572,9 @@ static results_perplexity perplexity(llama_context * ctx, const common_params &
                     batch.pos     [idx]    = j*n_batch + k;
                     batch.n_seq_id[idx]    = 1;
                     batch.seq_id  [idx][0] = seq;
-                    batch.logits  [idx]    = batch.pos[idx] >= first ? 1 : 0;
+                    batch.output  [idx]    = batch.pos[idx] >= first ? 1 : 0;
 
-                    n_outputs += batch.logits[idx] != 0;
+                    n_outputs += batch.output[idx] != 0;
                 }
                 batch.n_tokens += batch_size;
 
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static bool decode_helper(llama_context * ctx, llama_batch & batch, std::vector<
             batch.pos      + i,
             batch.n_seq_id + i,
             batch.seq_id   + i,
-            batch.logits   + i,
+            batch.output   + i,
         };
 
         const int ret = llama_decode(ctx, batch_view);
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static bool decode_helper(llama_context * ctx, llama_batch & batch, std::vector<
 
         int n_outputs = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < n_tokens; ++i) {
-            n_outputs += batch_view.logits[i] != 0;
+            n_outputs += batch_view.output[i] != 0;
         }
 
         memcpy(batch_logits.data() + size_t(prev_outputs)*n_vocab, llama_get_logits(ctx), size_t(n_outputs)*n_vocab*sizeof(float));
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static void hellaswag_score(llama_context * ctx, const common_params & params) {
             for (size_t i = 0; i < hs_cur.common_prefix; ++i) {
                 common_batch_add(batch, hs_cur.seq_tokens[0][i], i, { s0 + 0, s0 + 1, s0 + 2, s0 + 3 }, false);
             }
-            batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true; // we need logits for the last token of the common prefix
+            batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true; // we need logits for the last token of the common prefix
             n_logits += 1;
 
             for (int s = 0; s < 4; ++s) {
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ static void winogrande_score(llama_context * ctx, const common_params & params)
             for (size_t i = 0; i < data[i1].common_prefix; ++i) {
                 common_batch_add(batch, data[i1].seq_tokens[0][i], i, { s0 + 0, s0 + 1 }, false);
             }
-            batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+            batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
             n_logits += 1;
 
             for (int s = 0; s < 2; ++s) {
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static void multiple_choice_score(llama_context * ctx, const common_params & par
                 //llama_batch_add(batch, cur_task.seq_tokens[0][i], i, { s0 + 0, s0 + 1, s0 + 2, s0 + 3}, false);
                 common_batch_add(batch, cur_task.seq_tokens[0][i], i, batch_indeces, false);
             }
-            batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true; // we need logits for the last token of the common prefix
+            batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true; // we need logits for the last token of the common prefix
             n_logits += 1;
 
             for (int s = 0; s < int(cur_task.seq_tokens.size()); ++s) {
diff --git a/examples/retrieval/retrieval.cpp b/examples/retrieval/retrieval.cpp
index 2439022a229b7..2c5b5e4862228 100644
--- a/examples/retrieval/retrieval.cpp
+++ b/examples/retrieval/retrieval.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void batch_decode(llama_context * ctx, llama_batch & batch, float * outpu
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < batch.n_tokens; i++) {
-        if (!batch.logits[i]) {
+        if (!batch.output[i]) {
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp b/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp
index cf7cbd8159cf8..2e5a2b5181eff 100644
--- a/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp
+++ b/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
         common_batch_add(batch, tokens[i], i, {0}, false);
     }
-    batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true; // generate next token
+    batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true; // generate next token
 
     // evaluate prompt
     llama_decode(ctx, batch);
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 9cdf2058fd037..f6642e5c820da 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ struct server_context {
         std::vector<float> embd_res(n_embd, 0.0f);
 
         for (int i = 0; i < batch.n_tokens; ++i) {
-            if (!batch.logits[i] || batch.seq_id[i][0] != slot.id) {
+            if (!batch.output[i] || batch.seq_id[i][0] != slot.id) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ struct server_context {
         res->n_tokens = slot.n_prompt_tokens;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < batch.n_tokens; ++i) {
-            if (!batch.logits[i] || batch.seq_id[i][0] != slot.id) {
+            if (!batch.output[i] || batch.seq_id[i][0] != slot.id) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@ struct server_context {
                         }
 
                         // extract the logits only for the last token
-                        batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+                        batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
 
                         slot.n_decoded = 0;
                         slot.i_batch   = batch.n_tokens - 1;
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ struct server_context {
                 batch.pos      + i,
                 batch.n_seq_id + i,
                 batch.seq_id   + i,
-                batch.logits   + i,
+                batch.output   + i,
             };
 
             const int ret = llama_decode(ctx, batch_view);
diff --git a/examples/tts/tts.cpp b/examples/tts/tts.cpp
index f78f763033a23..f700229853834 100644
--- a/examples/tts/tts.cpp
+++ b/examples/tts/tts.cpp
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ lovely<|t_0.56|><|code_start|><|634|><|596|><|1766|><|1556|><|1306|><|1285|><|14
         GGML_ASSERT(batch.n_tokens == (int) prompt_inp.size());
 
         // llama_decode will output logits only for the last token of the prompt
-        batch.logits[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
+        batch.output[batch.n_tokens - 1] = true;
 
         if (llama_decode(ctx_ttc, batch) != 0) {
             LOG_ERR("%s: llama_decode() failed\n", __func__);
diff --git a/include/llama.h b/include/llama.h
index 61907ed404dbf..516953a729fb2 100644
--- a/include/llama.h
+++ b/include/llama.h
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ extern "C" {
         llama_pos    *  pos;
         int32_t      *  n_seq_id;
         llama_seq_id ** seq_id;
-        int8_t       *  logits; // TODO: rename this to "output"
+        int8_t       *  output;
     } llama_batch;
 
     enum llama_model_kv_override_type {
diff --git a/src/llama-batch.cpp b/src/llama-batch.cpp
index 01d5ca57fd82b..ba2127be66b6e 100644
--- a/src/llama-batch.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-batch.cpp
@@ -102,17 +102,17 @@ void llama_sbatch::add_seq_to_ubatch(llama_ubatch & ubatch, llama_sbatch_seq & s
             ubatch.output[ubatch.n_tokens + i] = 1;
             out_ids.push_back(ids[seq.offset + i]);
         }
-    } else if (batch->logits) {
+    } else if (batch->output) {
         if (ubatch.equal_seqs) {
             for (size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
                 size_t id = ids[seq.offset + i];
-                int8_t is_output = batch->logits[id];
+                int8_t is_output = batch->output[id];
                 ubatch.output[ubatch.n_tokens + i] = is_output;
                 if (is_output) { out_ids.push_back(id); }
             }
         } else {
             // simple split
-            ubatch.output = batch->logits + seq.offset;
+            ubatch.output = batch->output + seq.offset;
             for (size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
                 if (ubatch.output[i] != 0) { out_ids.push_back(seq.offset + i); }
             }
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ llama_batch_allocr::llama_batch_allocr(struct llama_batch in_batch, llama_pos p0
         }
         batch.seq_id = seq_id.data();
     }
-    if (!batch.logits) {
-        logits.resize(batch.n_tokens);
-        logits[logits.size() - 1] = true;
-        batch.logits = logits.data();
+    if (!batch.output) {
+        outputs.resize(batch.n_tokens);
+        outputs[outputs.size() - 1] = true;
+        batch.output = outputs.data();
     }
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ struct llama_batch llama_batch_init(int32_t n_tokens_alloc, int32_t embd, int32_
     }
     batch.seq_id[n_tokens_alloc] = nullptr;
 
-    batch.logits   = (int8_t *)        malloc(sizeof(int8_t)         * n_tokens_alloc);
+    batch.output   = (int8_t *)        malloc(sizeof(int8_t)         * n_tokens_alloc);
 
     return batch;
 }
@@ -364,5 +364,5 @@ void llama_batch_free(struct llama_batch batch) {
         }
         free(batch.seq_id);
     }
-    if (batch.logits)   free(batch.logits);
+    if (batch.output)   free(batch.output);
 }
diff --git a/src/llama-batch.h b/src/llama-batch.h
index 773c3808b770f..002a8a62f844a 100644
--- a/src/llama-batch.h
+++ b/src/llama-batch.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct llama_batch_allocr {
     std::vector<llama_pos>      pos;
     std::vector<int32_t>        n_seq_id;
     std::vector<llama_seq_id *> seq_id;
-    std::vector<int8_t>         logits;
+    std::vector<int8_t>         outputs;
 
     // optionally fulfill the batch returned by llama_batch_get_one
     llama_batch_allocr(struct llama_batch in_batch, llama_pos p0);
diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index aae3c69b5a653..e24c39465c41c 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -8473,9 +8473,9 @@ static int llama_prepare_sbatch(
     lctx.embd_seq.clear();
 
     // count outputs
-    if (batch.logits && !embd_pooled) {
+    if (batch.output && !embd_pooled) {
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n_tokens_all; ++i) {
-            n_outputs += batch.logits[i] != 0;
+            n_outputs += batch.output[i] != 0;
         }
     } else if (lctx.logits_all || embd_pooled) {
         n_outputs = n_tokens_all;
@@ -9972,7 +9972,6 @@ bool llama_kv_cache_can_shift(struct llama_context * ctx) {
     return llama_kv_cache_can_shift(ctx->kv_self);
 }
 
-///
 
 int32_t llama_encode(
         struct llama_context * ctx,