diff --git a/httpsig/sign.py b/httpsig/sign.py
index a2bbd58..0f984fd 100644
--- a/httpsig/sign.py
+++ b/httpsig/sign.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from .sign_algorithms import SignAlgorithm
 from .utils import *
 
-DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM = "hs2019"
+DEFAULT_ALGORITHM = "hs2019"
 
 
 class Signer(object):
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ class Signer(object):
 
     def __init__(self, secret, algorithm=None, sign_algorithm=None):
         if algorithm is None:
-            algorithm = DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM
+            algorithm = DEFAULT_ALGORITHM
 
         assert algorithm in ALGORITHMS, "Unknown algorithm"
 
         if sign_algorithm is not None and not issubclass(type(sign_algorithm), SignAlgorithm):
             raise HttpSigException("Unsupported digital signature algorithm")
 
-        if algorithm != DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM:
-            print("Algorithm: {} is deprecated please update to {}".format(algorithm, DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM))
+        if algorithm != DEFAULT_ALGORITHM:
+            print("Algorithm: {} is deprecated please update to {}".format(algorithm, DEFAULT_ALGORITHM))
 
         if isinstance(secret, six.string_types):
             secret = secret.encode("ascii")
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class HeaderSigner(Signer):
 
     def __init__(self, key_id, secret, algorithm=None, sign_algorithm=None, headers=None, sign_header='authorization'):
         if algorithm is None:
-            algorithm = DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM
+            algorithm = DEFAULT_ALGORITHM
 
         super(HeaderSigner, self).__init__(secret=secret, algorithm=algorithm, sign_algorithm=sign_algorithm)
         self.headers = headers or ['date']
diff --git a/httpsig/tests/test_signature.py b/httpsig/tests/test_signature.py
index 00a7fed..5e3d4a6 100755
--- a/httpsig/tests/test_signature.py
+++ b/httpsig/tests/test_signature.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 
-sign.DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM = "hs2019"
+sign.DEFAULT_ALGORITHM = "hs2019"
 
 
 class TestSign(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/httpsig/verify.py b/httpsig/verify.py
index 7911c98..ace7975 100644
--- a/httpsig/verify.py
+++ b/httpsig/verify.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import base64
 import six
 
-from .sign import Signer, DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM
+from .sign import Signer, DEFAULT_ALGORITHM
 from .sign_algorithms import SignAlgorithm
 from .utils import *
 
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ def __init__(self, headers, secret, required_headers=None, method=None,
         self.path = path
         self.host = host
 
-        if self.auth_dict['algorithm'] != DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM:
-            print("Algorithm: {} is deprecated please update to {}".format(self.auth_dict['algorithm'], DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM))
-        elif self.auth_dict['algorithm'] == DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM and sign_algorithm is None:
-            raise HttpSigException("Required sign algorithm for {} algorithm not set".format(DEFAULT_SIGN_ALGORITHM))
+        if self.auth_dict['algorithm'] != DEFAULT_ALGORITHM:
+            print("Algorithm: {} is deprecated please update to {}".format(self.auth_dict['algorithm'], DEFAULT_ALGORITHM))
+        elif self.auth_dict['algorithm'] == DEFAULT_ALGORITHM and sign_algorithm is None:
+            raise HttpSigException("Required sign algorithm for {} algorithm not set".format(DEFAULT_ALGORITHM))
 
         super(HeaderVerifier, self).__init__(
                 secret, algorithm=self.auth_dict['algorithm'], sign_algorithm=sign_algorithm)