diff --git a/dist/handlebars.js b/dist/handlebars.js
index 93f862da..1f60ae7b 100644
--- a/dist/handlebars.js
+++ b/dist/handlebars.js
@@ -152,19 +152,19 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper('each', function(context, options) {
   return ret;
 });
 
-Handlebars.registerHelper('if', function(context, options) {
-  var type = toString.call(context);
-  if(type === functionType) { context = context.call(this); }
+Handlebars.registerHelper('if', function(conditional, options) {
+  var type = toString.call(conditional);
+  if(type === functionType) { conditional = conditional.call(this); }
 
-  if(!context || Handlebars.Utils.isEmpty(context)) {
+  if(!conditional || Handlebars.Utils.isEmpty(conditional)) {
     return options.inverse(this);
   } else {
     return options.fn(this);
   }
 });
 
-Handlebars.registerHelper('unless', function(context, options) {
-  return Handlebars.helpers['if'].call(this, context, {fn: options.inverse, inverse: options.fn});
+Handlebars.registerHelper('unless', function(conditional, options) {
+  return Handlebars.helpers['if'].call(this, conditional, {fn: options.inverse, inverse: options.fn});
 });
 
 Handlebars.registerHelper('with', function(context, options) {
diff --git a/dist/handlebars.runtime.js b/dist/handlebars.runtime.js
index 7dd40f62..8744aa77 100644
--- a/dist/handlebars.runtime.js
+++ b/dist/handlebars.runtime.js
@@ -152,19 +152,19 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper('each', function(context, options) {
   return ret;
 });
 
-Handlebars.registerHelper('if', function(context, options) {
-  var type = toString.call(context);
-  if(type === functionType) { context = context.call(this); }
+Handlebars.registerHelper('if', function(conditional, options) {
+  var type = toString.call(conditional);
+  if(type === functionType) { conditional = conditional.call(this); }
 
-  if(!context || Handlebars.Utils.isEmpty(context)) {
+  if(!conditional || Handlebars.Utils.isEmpty(conditional)) {
     return options.inverse(this);
   } else {
     return options.fn(this);
   }
 });
 
-Handlebars.registerHelper('unless', function(context, options) {
-  return Handlebars.helpers['if'].call(this, context, {fn: options.inverse, inverse: options.fn});
+Handlebars.registerHelper('unless', function(conditional, options) {
+  return Handlebars.helpers['if'].call(this, conditional, {fn: options.inverse, inverse: options.fn});
 });
 
 Handlebars.registerHelper('with', function(context, options) {