diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/report/templatetags/report.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/report/templatetags/report.py
index 0c54202685..e570905f81 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/report/templatetags/report.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/report/templatetags/report.py
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ def format_number(
     multiplier: Optional[int | float | Decimal] = None,
     integer: bool = False,
     separator: bool = False,
-    min_digits: Optional[int] = None,
+    leading: Optional[int] = None,
     decimal_places: Optional[int] = None,
     max_decimal_places: Optional[int] = None,
     fmt: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ def format_number(
         multiplier: Optional multiplier to apply to the number before formatting
         integer: Boolean, whether to render the number as an integer
         separator: Boolean, whether to include a thousands separator
-        min_digits: Minimum number of digits to render (default = 1)
+        leading: Minimum number of leading digits to render (default = 1)
         decimal_places: Number of decimal places to render (default = 0)
         max_decimal_places: Maximum number of decimal places to render (default = 0)
         separator:
@@ -936,15 +936,15 @@ def format_number(
     if not fmt:
         fmt = '###,###,###,###,##0'  # Default format string - this will be modified based on the provided options
 
-        # The 'min_digits' option specifies the minimum number of digits to render (not including decimal places)
-        if min_digits is not None:
+        # The 'leading' option specifies the minimum number of leading digits to render (not including decimal places)
+        if leading is not None:
             try:
-                min_digits = int(min_digits) or 0
+                leading = int(leading) or 0
             except (ValueError, TypeError):
-                min_digits = 0
+                leading = 0
 
-            if min_digits > 1:
-                fmt = fmt[::-1].replace('#', '0', (min_digits - 1))[::-1]
+            if leading > 1:
+                fmt = fmt[::-1].replace('#', '0', (leading - 1))[::-1]
 
         if not bool(separator):
             fmt = fmt.replace(',', '')
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/report/test_tags.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/report/test_tags.py
index 3b6e7dd1c2..da09ebcadf 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/report/test_tags.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/report/test_tags.py
@@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ class ReportTagTest(PartImageTestMixin, InvenTreeTestCase):
             '9.988.776.655',
         )
 
-        # Test with 'min_digits' option
-        self.assertEqual(fn(5, min_digits=3), '005')
-        self.assertEqual(fn(123, min_digits=5), '00123')
-        self.assertEqual(fn(1234, min_digits=2, decimal_places=4), '1234.0000')
+        # Test with 'leading' option
+        self.assertEqual(fn(5, leading=3), '005')
+        self.assertEqual(fn(123, leading=5), '00123')
+        self.assertEqual(fn(1234, leading=2, decimal_places=4), '1234.0000')
 
         # Test with custom 'fmt' format string (takes priority over decimal_places / separator)
         self.assertEqual(fn(1234.5678, fmt='0.00'), '1234.57')
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class ReportTagTest(PartImageTestMixin, InvenTreeTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             fn(1234.456, decimal_places='a', separator=True, locale='en-au'), '1,234'
         )
-        self.assertEqual(fn(1234.456, min_digits='a'), '1234.456')
+        self.assertEqual(fn(1234.456, leading='a'), '1234.456')
 
     @override_settings(TIME_ZONE='America/New_York')
     def test_datetime_tags(self):