diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
index ea37ffd8fbd6c0e5dd14cc00ffaf7c6990748244..7349029bc56bdbc7d118765443d3ef8e2ebad2fd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
@@ -2651,7 +2651,7 @@ public final class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Stapl
     /**
      * Reloads the configuration.
      */
-    @CLIMethod(name="reload-config")
+    @CLIMethod(name="reload-configuration")
     public synchronized HttpResponse doReload() throws IOException {
         checkPermission(ADMINISTER);
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Messages.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Messages.properties
index fa0239eaf14c894cf273555f3d1086dbecc10619..c9df86b36a26c97165caececaf2bdd760e8e0906 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Messages.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Messages.properties
@@ -235,4 +235,4 @@ CLI.restart.shortDescription=Restart Hudson
 CLI.keep-build.shortDescription=Mark the build to keep the build forever.
 CLI.quiet-down.shortDescription=Quiet down Hudson, in preparation for a restart. Don''t start any builds.
 CLI.cancel-quiet-down.shortDescription=Cancel the effect of the "quiet-down" command.
-CLI.reload-config.shortDescription=Discard all the loaded data in memory and reload everything from file system. Useful when you modified config files directly on disk.
+CLI.reload-configuration.shortDescription=Discard all the loaded data in memory and reload everything from file system. Useful when you modified config files directly on disk.