diff --git a/converter/include/k4SimDelphes/DelphesEDM4HepOutputConfiguration.h b/converter/include/k4SimDelphes/DelphesEDM4HepOutputConfiguration.h
index 02b366e..571fddf 100644
--- a/converter/include/k4SimDelphes/DelphesEDM4HepOutputConfiguration.h
+++ b/converter/include/k4SimDelphes/DelphesEDM4HepOutputConfiguration.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "ExRootAnalysis/ExRootConfReader.h"
 
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -77,10 +78,10 @@ namespace k4SimDelphes {
     std::string RecoParticleCollectionName{"ReconstructedParticles"};
 
     /**
-     * Name of the MCRecoParticleAssociationCollection holding the associations of
+     * Name of the RecoMCParticleLinkCollection holding the links of
      * generated to reconstructed particles.
      */
-    std::string MCRecoAssociationCollectionName{"MCRecoAssociations"};
+    std::string RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName{"MCRecoAssociations"};
 
     /**
      * Name of the ParticleIDCollection holding the ctags / isolation variables.
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ namespace k4SimDelphes {
     os << std::setw(40) << " MissingETCollections: " << settings.MissingETCollections << "\n";
     os << std::setw(40) << " ScalarHTCollections: " << settings.ScalarHTCollections << "\n";
     os << std::setw(40) << " RecoParticleCollectionName: " << settings.RecoParticleCollectionName << "\n";
-    os << std::setw(40) << " MCRecoAssociationCollectionName: " << settings.MCRecoAssociationCollectionName << "\n";
+    os << std::setw(40) << " RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName: " << settings.RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName << "\n";
     os << "------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 
     return os;
@@ -155,8 +156,16 @@ namespace k4SimDelphes {
     settings.RecoParticleCollectionName =
         confReader->GetString("EDM4HepOutput::RecoParticleCollectionName", "ReconstructedParticles");
 
-    settings.MCRecoAssociationCollectionName =
-        confReader->GetString("EDM4HepOutput::MCRecoAssociationCollectionName", "MCRecoAssociations");
+    const auto assocName = confReader->GetString("EDM4HepOutput::MCRecoAssociationCollectionName", "not-available");
+    if (assocName != std::string("not-available")) {
+      std::cerr << "WARNING: k4SimDelphes::getEDM4hepOutputSettings | MCRecoAssociationCollectionName is deprecated, "
+                   "use RecoMCParticleLinkCollection instead"
+                << std::endl;
+      settings.RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName = assocName;
+    }
+
+    settings.RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName =
+        confReader->GetString("EDM4HepOutput::RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName", "MCRecoAssociations");
 
     return settings;
   }
diff --git a/converter/src/DelphesEDM4HepConverter.cc b/converter/src/DelphesEDM4HepConverter.cc
index bcdc807..0a9c41b 100644
--- a/converter/src/DelphesEDM4HepConverter.cc
+++ b/converter/src/DelphesEDM4HepConverter.cc
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace k4SimDelphes {
       : m_magneticFieldBz(magFieldBz),
         m_recoCollName(outputSettings.RecoParticleCollectionName),
         m_particleIDName(outputSettings.ParticleIDCollectionName),
-        m_mcRecoAssocCollName(outputSettings.MCRecoAssociationCollectionName) {
+        m_mcRecoAssocCollName(outputSettings.RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName) {
     for (const auto& branch : branches) {
       if (contains(PROCESSING_ORDER, branch.className)) {
         m_branches.push_back(branch);
diff --git a/doc/output_config.md b/doc/output_config.md
index ed89c9e..9f064b7 100644
--- a/doc/output_config.md
+++ b/doc/output_config.md
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ The filled collection contains only one element per event.
 
 
 The parameters **`RecoParticleCollectionName`** and
-**`MCRecoAssociationCollectionName`** control the names of the [global
+**`RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName`** control the names of the [global
 reconstructed particle collection](#reconstructedparticlecollections) and the
-collection with the `MCRecoParticleAssociation`s that can be used to find the
+collection with the `RecoMCParticleLink`s that can be used to find the
 `MCParticle`s associated to `ReconstructedParticle`s (and vice versa).
 
 ## Class conversions
@@ -99,19 +99,19 @@ The following table lists which Delphes classes correspond to which `edm4hep`
 classes. For the conversion the Delphes classes are taken from the `TreeWriter`
 (the `BranchClass` for each `Branch` defined in there)
 
-| Delphes       | `edm4hep`                                         |
-|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|
-| `GenParticle` | `MCParticle`                                      |
-| `Track`       | `ReconstructedParticle` with associated `Track`   |
-| `Tower`       | `ReconstructedParticle` with associated `Cluster` |
-| `Jet`         | `ReconstructedParticle`                           |
-| `Muon`        | `ReconstructedParticle` (subset collection)       |
-| `Electron`    | `ReconstructedParticle` (subset collection)       |
-| `Photon`      | `ReconstructedParticle` (subset collection)       |
-| `MissingET`   | `ReconstructedParticle`                           |
-| `ScalarHT`    | `ParticleID`                                      |
-| `ParticleFlowCandidate`       | `ReconstructedParticle`           |
-| n/a           | `MCRecoParticleAssociation`                       |
+| Delphes                 | `edm4hep`                                         |
+|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
+| `GenParticle`           | `MCParticle`                                      |
+| `Track`                 | `ReconstructedParticle` with associated `Track`   |
+| `Tower`                 | `ReconstructedParticle` with associated `Cluster` |
+| `Jet`                   | `ReconstructedParticle`                           |
+| `Muon`                  | `ReconstructedParticle` (subset collection)       |
+| `Electron`              | `ReconstructedParticle` (subset collection)       |
+| `Photon`                | `ReconstructedParticle` (subset collection)       |
+| `MissingET`             | `ReconstructedParticle`                           |
+| `ScalarHT`              | `ParticleID`                                      |
+| `ParticleFlowCandidate` | `ReconstructedParticle`                           |
+| n/a                     | `RecoMCParticleLink`                              |
 
 All Delphes classes that are not listed here are currently not converted.
 
diff --git a/examples/edm4hep_output_config.tcl b/examples/edm4hep_output_config.tcl
index 33893d6..ce7091c 100644
--- a/examples/edm4hep_output_config.tcl
+++ b/examples/edm4hep_output_config.tcl
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ module EDM4HepOutput EDM4HepOutput {
     add MissingETCollections             MissingET
     add ScalarHTCollections              ScalarHT
     set RecoParticleCollectionName       ReconstructedParticles
-    set MCRecoAssociationCollectionName  MCRecoAssociations
+    set RecoMCParticleLinkCollectionName  MCRecoAssociations
 }