diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/README.rst
index a932c9e6..6d33f17a 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/README.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ fedora-container
 
 Create a minimal image based on Fedora container image
 
-This element sets the ``DIB_RELEASE`` var to 'fedora'. The release of
+This element sets the ``DISTRO_NAME`` var to 'fedora'. The release of
 fedora to be installed can be controlled through the ``DIB_RELEASE``
 variable, which defaults the latest supported release.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-minimal/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-minimal/README.rst
index f1c77370..530328f2 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-minimal/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-minimal/README.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ Due to a bug in the released version of urlgrabber, on many systems an
 installation of urlgrabber from git is required. The git repository
 can be found here: http://yum.baseurl.org/gitweb?p=urlgrabber.git;a=summary
 
-This element sets the ``DIB_RELEASE`` var to 'fedora'. The release of
+This element sets the ``DISTRO_NAME`` var to 'fedora'. The release of
 fedora to be installed can be controlled through the ``DIB_RELEASE``
 variable, which defaults the latest supported release.