diff --git a/README-development.rst b/README-development.rst
index b8e539bcb6..772ecd60eb 100644
--- a/README-development.rst
+++ b/README-development.rst
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ By default, the tests will look for a config file, 'config' in 'tests/resources'
 If 'tests/resources' does not exist, the tests will try attempt to use
 'tests/configuration/config'.
 The default profile is ``DEFAULT``.  You can change this with the
-``--config-file`` and ``--config-profile`` options.
+``--config`` and ``--config-profile`` options.
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
     # Use a different config file, still using the DEFAULT profile
-    tox -- --config-file ~/.oci/config
+    tox -- --config ~/.oci/config
 
     # Using a different profile in the default config file
     tox -- --config-profile IAD_PROFILE
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ The SDK is packaged as a wheel. In order to generate the wheel you can run:
 
     python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
-This wheel can then be installed via `pip`.
\ No newline at end of file
+This wheel can then be installed via `pip`.
diff --git a/tests/configuration/config.sample b/tests/configuration/config.sample
index 59f34846c4..c5f885248e 100644
--- a/tests/configuration/config.sample
+++ b/tests/configuration/config.sample
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ; Copy this file to file named `config` and fill in the values to run tests
 ; which require cloud resources.  You can also run the tests using a different
-; configuration by passing the path to pytest with ``--config-file``.
-; For more information on using ``--config-file`` see README-developement.rst
+; configuration by passing the path to pytest with ``--config``.
+; For more information on using ``--config`` see README-developement.rst
 ; For more information on how to configure the SDK see
 ; https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/API/Concepts/sdkconfig.htm
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 0f71b51293..90f8e9c2ec 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    parser.addoption("--config-file", action="store", help="location of the config file",
+    parser.addoption("--config", action="store", help="location of the config file",
                      default=get_resource_path('config'))
     parser.addoption("--config-profile", action="store",
                      help="profile to use from the config file",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def config_file(request):
-    return request.config.getoption("--config-file")
+    return request.config.getoption("--config")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")