diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook.md b/docs/configuring-playbook.md
index 3bb28c3fe..11b801a7d 100644
--- a/docs/configuring-playbook.md
+++ b/docs/configuring-playbook.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ You can then follow these steps inside the playbook directory:
 
 - create a directory to hold your configuration (`mkdir inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>`)
 
-- copy the sample configuration file (`cp examples/host-vars.yml inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`)
+- copy the sample configuration file (`cp examples/vars.yml inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`)
 
 - edit the configuration file (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`) to your liking. You may also take a look at the various `roles/ROLE_NAME_HERE/defaults/main.yml` files and see if there's something you'd like to copy over and override in your `vars.yml` configuration file.
 
diff --git a/examples/host-vars.yml b/examples/vars.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/host-vars.yml
rename to examples/vars.yml