diff --git a/py/doc/test.txt b/py/doc/test.txt
index fda0ab04c..0618c192c 100644
--- a/py/doc/test.txt
+++ b/py/doc/test.txt
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ The options that you need to specify in that conftest.py file are:
 Sample configuration::
 
     dist_hosts = ['localhost', 'user@someserver:/tmp/somedir']
-    dist_rsyncroots = ['../pypy', '../py']
+    dist_rsync_roots = ['../pypy', '../py']
     dist_remotepython = 'python2.4'
     dist_nicelevel = 10 
     dist_boxing = True
diff --git a/py/test/rsession/hostmanage.py b/py/test/rsession/hostmanage.py
index 447a3670b..83f3ff02d 100644
--- a/py/test/rsession/hostmanage.py
+++ b/py/test/rsession/hostmanage.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class HostRSync(py.execnet.RSync):
             return False
         dir, base = os.path.split(path)
         try:
-            name = "dist_rsyncroots" 
+            name = "dist_rsync_roots" 
             rsync_roots = self.config.conftest.rget_path(name, dir)
         except AttributeError:
             rsync_roots = None