diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index c1d05d5..e7ccef3 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '29741528'
+ValidationKey: '29744512'
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
 - 'Warning: namespace ''.*'' is not available and has been replaced'
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index deb4c9e..9d8d7b9 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this f
 type: software
 title: 'mip: Comparison of multi-model runs'
 version: 0.149.2
-date-released: '2024-07-30'
+date-released: '2024-08-01'
 abstract: Package contains generic functions to produce comparison plots of multi-model
   runs.
 authors:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3bdc8ea..522af62 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Type: Package
 Package: mip
 Title: Comparison of multi-model runs
 Version: 0.149.2
-Date: 2024-07-30
+Date: 2024-08-01
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Klein", , "dklein@pik-potsdam.de", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Jan Philipp", "Dietrich", , "dietrich@pik-potsdam.de", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/R/showLinePlots.R b/R/showLinePlots.R
index 0cfc5f3..307b7e0 100644
--- a/R/showLinePlots.R
+++ b/R/showLinePlots.R
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #'   to be plotted. If \code{NULL}, it is set to \code{vars}.
 #' @param scales A single string. choose either \code{"free_y"} or \code{"fixed"}.
 #' @param color.dim.name name for the color-dimension used in the legend
-#' @param histModels A character vector filtering the historical models to include.
-#' Set to \code{NULL} (default) for no filtering.
+#' @param histModelsExclude A character vector with historical models to exclude.
+#' Set to \code{NULL} (default) for all available data.
 #' @param color.dim.manual optional vector with manual colors replacing default
 #' colors of color.dim, default is \code{NULL}.
 #' @inheritParams showAreaAndBarPlots
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ showLinePlots <- function(
     color.dim.name = NULL,
     mainReg = getOption("mip.mainReg"),
     color.dim.manual = NULL,
-    histModels = NULL
+    histModelsExclude = NULL
 ) {
 
   data <- as.quitte(data) %>%
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ showLinePlots <- function(
   # Validate function arguments.
   stopifnot(is.character(vars) || is.null(vars))
   stopifnot(is.character(histVars) || is.null(histVars))
-  stopifnot(is.character(histModels) || is.null(histModels))
+  stopifnot(is.character(histModelsExclude) || is.null(histModelsExclude))
   stopifnot(is.character(scales) && length(scales) == 1)
   checkGlobalOptionsProvided("mainReg")
   stopifnot(is.character(mainReg) && length(mainReg) == 1)
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ showLinePlots <- function(
     label <- paste0(paste0(levels(d$variable), collapse = ","), unitlabel)
   }
 
-  if (!is.null(histModels)) {
+  if (!is.null(histModelsExclude)) {
     d <- d %>%
-      filter(.data$scenario != "historical" | .data$model %in% .env$histModels)
+      filter(.data$scenario != "historical" | !.data$model %in% .env$histModelsExclude)
   }
 
   dMainScen <- d %>%
diff --git a/man/showLinePlots.Rd b/man/showLinePlots.Rd
index 8b32646..62b3f3f 100644
--- a/man/showLinePlots.Rd
+++ b/man/showLinePlots.Rd
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ showLinePlots(
   color.dim.name = NULL,
   mainReg = getOption("mip.mainReg"),
   color.dim.manual = NULL,
-  histModels = NULL
+  histModelsExclude = NULL
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Use \code{options(mip.mainReg=<value>)} to set globally.}
 \item{color.dim.manual}{optional vector with manual colors replacing default
 colors of color.dim, default is \code{NULL}.}
 
-\item{histModels}{A character vector filtering the historical models to include.
-Set to \code{NULL} (default) for no filtering.}
+\item{histModelsExclude}{A character vector with historical models to exclude.
+Set to \code{NULL} (default) for all available data.}
 }
 \value{
 \code{NULL} is returned invisible.