diff --git a/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c b/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
index 589cede97de392f3eb1463b95511e12cd3fa0bbf..14848a33f93660b50b4a224ac4b30955f16ee8e6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
  * matures.
  */
 const char plugin_name[] =
-    "Job accounting LOG plugin for slurmctld and slurmd";
-const char plugin_type[] = "jobacct/log";
+    "Job accounting LINUX plugin for slurmctld and slurmd";
+const char plugin_type[] = "jobacct/linux";
 const uint32_t plugin_version = 100;
 
 /*