diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4382320..f8ef542 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@
                 volume:
                   tmp:
                     size: 5G
-                    fs_type: ext4
+                    type: ext4
                     mount: '/tmp'
                   log:
                     size: 7G
-                    fs_type: ext4
+                    type: ext4
                     mount: '/var/log'
 
 Usage of local repos
diff --git a/_states/maasng.py b/_states/maasng.py
index 5a1eb28..3210e5d 100644
--- a/_states/maasng.py
+++ b/_states/maasng.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         #a. validate count of partitions
         #b. validate size of partitions
     #2. If not delete all partitions on disk and recreate schema
-    #3. Validate fs_type exists
+    #3. Validate type exists
         #if should not exits
         #delete mount and unformat
     #4. Validate mount exists
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 
     return ret
 
-def volume_present(hostname, name, volume_group_name, size, fs_type=None, mount=None):
+def volume_present(hostname, name, volume_group_name, size, type=None, mount=None):
     '''
     Ensure that the disk layout does exist
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 
     #TODO validation if exists
 
-    ret["changes"] = __salt__['maasng.create_volume'](hostname, name, volume_group_name, size, fs_type, mount)
+    ret["changes"] = __salt__['maasng.create_volume'](hostname, name, volume_group_name, size, type, mount)
 
     return ret
 
diff --git a/maas/machines/storage.sls b/maas/machines/storage.sls
index d71bede..6e138f9 100644
--- a/maas/machines/storage.sls
+++ b/maas/machines/storage.sls
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
     - name: {{ volume_name }}
     - volume_group_name: {{ disk_name }}
     - size: {{ volume.size }}
-    {%- if volume.fs_type is defined %}
-    - fs_type: {{ volume.fs_type }}
+    {%- if volume.type is defined %}
+    - type: {{ volume.type }}
     {%- endif %}
     {%- if volume.mount is defined %}
     - mount: {{ volume.mount }}