diff --git a/manifests/access.pp b/manifests/access.pp
index c496304..622f428 100644
--- a/manifests/access.pp
+++ b/manifests/access.pp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ define sudo::access (
     $real_user = $name
   }
   # there shouldn't be a dot in those filenames!
-  file { "${sudo::sudoersdir}/01-user_access-${title}":
+  file { "${sudo::dir}/01-user_access-${title}":
     ensure  => 'present',
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 0,
diff --git a/manifests/base.pp b/manifests/base.pp
index 9576d62..1780436 100644
--- a/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/manifests/base.pp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class sudo::base {
                     "puppet:///modules/sudo/sudoers/sudoers" ],
         owner => root, group => 0, mode => 0440;
       }
-      file { $sudo::sudoersdir:
+      file { $sudo::dir:
         ensure => directory,
         owner => root, group => 0, mode => 0550;
       }
diff --git a/manifests/freebsd.pp b/manifests/freebsd.pp
index 3bcefa4..dc09a75 100644
--- a/manifests/freebsd.pp
+++ b/manifests/freebsd.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class sudo::freebsd inherits sudo::base {
 
-    class { 'sudo': sudoersdir => '/usr/local/etc/sudoers.d' }
+    class { 'sudo': dir => '/usr/local/etc/sudoers.d' }
     package{'sudo':
         ensure => installed,
     }
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index e6e18da..0cf5b1d 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 class sudo(
   $deploy_sudoers = false,
-  $sudoersdir = '/etc/sudoers.d'
+  $dir = '/etc/sudoers.d'
 ) {
   case $::kernel {
     linux: { include sudo::linux }
diff --git a/manifests/user_alias.pp b/manifests/user_alias.pp
index 0ffb34a..475de58 100644
--- a/manifests/user_alias.pp
+++ b/manifests/user_alias.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ define sudo::user_alias (
   $ensure = 'present'
 ) {
   # this is 00-prefixed so that it's defined before the other definitions
-  file { "${sudo::sudoersdir}/etc/sudoers.d/00-user_alias-${title}":
+  file { "${sudo::dir}/etc/sudoers.d/00-user_alias-${title}":
     ensure  => $ensure,
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 0,