diff --git a/website/docs/backends/types/azurerm.html.md b/website/docs/backends/types/azurerm.html.md
index 9907fb2433..d57ce151a2 100644
--- a/website/docs/backends/types/azurerm.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/backends/types/azurerm.html.md
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ layout: "backend-types"
 page_title: "Backend Type: azurerm"
 sidebar_current: "docs-backends-types-standard-azurerm"
 description: |-
-  Terraform can store state remotely in Azure Storage.
+  Terraform can store state remotely in Azure Blob Storage.
+
 ---
 
-# azurerm
+# azurerm (formerly azure)
 
 **Kind: Standard (with state locking)**
 
diff --git a/website/layouts/backend-types.erb b/website/layouts/backend-types.erb
index 4e2510a389..3ae442bc8f 100644
--- a/website/layouts/backend-types.erb
+++ b/website/layouts/backend-types.erb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             <a href="/docs/backends/types/artifactory.html">artifactory</a>
           </li>
           <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-backends-types-standard-azurerm") %>>
-            <a href="/docs/backends/types/azurerm.html">azure</a>
+            <a href="/docs/backends/types/azurerm.html">azurerm (_formerly `azure`_)</a>
           </li>
           <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-backends-types-standard-consul") %>>
             <a href="/docs/backends/types/consul.html">consul</a>