diff --git a/include/VirtualNetwork.h b/include/VirtualNetwork.h
index c4d86969c2..3d529dbf06 100644
--- a/include/VirtualNetwork.h
+++ b/include/VirtualNetwork.h
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ private:
             string& id, bool& auto_id);
 
     /**
-     *  Check consistency of PHY_DEV, BRIDGE and VLAN attributes depending on
+     *  Check consistency of PHYDEV, BRIDGE and VLAN attributes depending on
      *  the network driver
      *    @param error_str describing the error
      *    @return 0 on success -1 otherwise
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ private:
     int from_xml(const string &xml_str);
 
     /**
-     * Updates the BRIDGE, PHY_DEV, and VLAN_ID attributes.
+     * Updates the BRIDGE, PHYDEV, and VLAN_ID attributes.
      *    @param error string describing the error if any
      *    @return 0 on success
      */
diff --git a/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc b/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
index 15b68b1572..7c54c69b32 100644
--- a/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
+++ b/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void VirtualNetwork::parse_vlan_id(const char * id_name, const char * auto_name,
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /*
 +----------------+---------+--------+--------------------------+----------------+
-|    Driver      | PHY_DEV | BRIDGE |         VLAN_ID          |      OTHER     |
+|    Driver      | PHYDEV | BRIDGE |         VLAN_ID          |      OTHER     |
 +----------------+---------+--------+--------------------------+----------------+
 | vcenter        | no      | yes    | no                       | VCENTER_NET_REF|
 | dummy          | no      | yes    | no                       |                |
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int VirtualNetwork::parse_phydev_vlans(string& estr)
 
     if ( check_phydev && phydev.empty())
     {
-        estr = "PHY_DEV is mandatory for driver " + vn_mad;
+        estr = "PHYDEV is mandatory for driver " + vn_mad;
         return -1;
     }