diff --git a/capa/ida/ida_capa_explorer.py b/capa/ida/ida_capa_explorer.py
index 20757fc3..3230668c 100644
--- a/capa/ida/ida_capa_explorer.py
+++ b/capa/ida/ida_capa_explorer.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class CapaExplorerForm(idaapi.PluginForm):
         capabilities, counts = capa.main.find_capabilities(
             rules, capa.features.extractors.ida.IdaFeatureExtractor(), True
         )
-        meta.update(counts)
+        meta["analysis"].update(counts)
 
         # support binary files specifically for x86/AMD64 shellcode
         # warn user binary file is loaded but still allow capa to process it
diff --git a/capa/main.py b/capa/main.py
index 23fe4b4e..c883786a 100644
--- a/capa/main.py
+++ b/capa/main.py
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ def find_capabilities(ruleset, extractor, disable_progress=None):
     all_function_matches = collections.defaultdict(list)
     all_bb_matches = collections.defaultdict(list)
 
-    meta = {"counts": {"file": 0, "functions": {},}}
+    meta = {"feature_counts": {"file": 0, "functions": {},}}
 
     for f in tqdm.tqdm(extractor.get_functions(), disable=disable_progress, unit=" functions"):
         function_matches, bb_matches, feature_count = find_function_capabilities(ruleset, extractor, f)
-        meta["counts"]["functions"][f.__int__()] = feature_count
+        meta["feature_counts"]["functions"][f.__int__()] = feature_count
         logger.debug("analyzed function 0x%x and extracted %d features", f.__int__(), feature_count)
 
         for rule_name, res in function_matches.items():
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def find_capabilities(ruleset, extractor, disable_progress=None):
     }
 
     all_file_matches, feature_count = find_file_capabilities(ruleset, extractor, function_features)
-    meta["counts"]["file"] = feature_count
+    meta["feature_counts"]["file"] = feature_count
 
     matches = {}
     matches.update(all_bb_matches)
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
     meta = collect_metadata(argv, args.sample, format, extractor)
 
     capabilities, counts = find_capabilities(rules, extractor)
-    meta.update(counts)
+    meta["analysis"].update(counts)
 
     if has_file_limitation(rules, capabilities):
         # bail if capa encountered file limitation e.g. a packed binary
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ def ida_main():
     meta = capa.ida.helpers.collect_metadata()
 
     capabilities, counts = find_capabilities(rules, capa.features.extractors.ida.IdaFeatureExtractor())
-    meta.update(counts)
+    meta["analysis"].update(counts)
 
     if has_file_limitation(rules, capabilities, is_standalone=False):
         capa.ida.helpers.inform_user_ida_ui("capa encountered warnings during analysis")
diff --git a/capa/render/verbose.py b/capa/render/verbose.py
index 65dac839..e680129b 100644
--- a/capa/render/verbose.py
+++ b/capa/render/verbose.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ def render_meta(ostream, doc):
         ("format", doc["meta"]["analysis"]["format"]),
         ("extractor", doc["meta"]["analysis"]["extractor"]),
         ("base address", hex(doc["meta"]["analysis"]["base_address"])),
-        ("function count", len(doc["meta"]["counts"]["functions"])),
-        ("total feature count", doc["meta"]["counts"]["file"] + sum(doc["meta"]["counts"]["functions"].values())),
+        ("function count", len(doc["meta"]["analysis"]["feature_counts"]["functions"])),
+        ("total feature count", doc["meta"]["analysis"]["feature_counts"]["file"] + sum(doc["meta"]["analysis"]["feature_counts"]["functions"].values())),
     ]
     ostream.writeln(tabulate.tabulate(rows, tablefmt="plain"))
 
diff --git a/capa/render/vverbose.py b/capa/render/vverbose.py
index 510c832c..fd7a6661 100644
--- a/capa/render/vverbose.py
+++ b/capa/render/vverbose.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def render_functions(ostream, doc):
             matches_by_function[va].add(rule["meta"]["name"])
 
     ostream.writeln("## functions")
-    for va, feature_count in sorted(doc["meta"]["counts"]["functions"].items()):
+    for va, feature_count in sorted(doc["meta"]["analysis"]["feature_counts"]["functions"].items()):
         va = int(va)
         ostream.write("function at 0x%X with %d features: " % (va, feature_count))
         if not matches_by_function.get(va, {}):