[en] A careful analysis of neutron diffraction experiments under magnetic field performed on a single crystal of tetragonal TbRu₂Si₂ is presented. It shows that the zero-field-low-temperature magnetic phase is not the natural compensated antiphase structure proposed so far for the Q=(3/13, 0, 0) propagation vector, but a mixed phase where the moment of two of the 26 Tb sites of the unit cell vanishes. The magnetic structures of the first three field induced phases of the multistep metamagnetic process agree with previous analysis whereas the fourth field induced phase is not the non-mixed proposed one but a mixed one with two zero moments as in zero field. Contrary to previous interpretations, the transition at 4.7 K observed by specific heat and susceptibility corresponds to the change of the magnetic structure from the mixed low-temperature one to a slightly modulated non-mixed one. Numerical simulation allowed us to account for the main properties observed and emphasizes the crucial role of the crystal field. (author)