diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index bb1cc1b75..9af98827c 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 % Support large numbered footnotes in minipage (cf. admonitions)
 \def\thempfootnote{\arabic{mpfootnote}}
 
-% Preparations for SphinxVerbatim environment, which is a wrapper of fancyvrb
+% Preparations for sphinxVerbatim environment, which is a wrapper of fancyvrb
 % Verbatim with framing allowing pagebreaks, with border and background colors
 % and possibly also a top caption, non separable by pagebreak. The original
 % fancyvrb Verbatim is still used within tables.
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
    \lccode`\~`\~
 }
 
-\newenvironment{SphinxVerbatim}[1][1]{%
+\newenvironment{sphinxVerbatim}[1][1]{%
   % quit horizontal mode if we are still in a paragraph
   \par
   % list starts new par, but we don't want it to be set apart vertically
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
                      {\kern\fontdimen2\font}%
        }%
   % go around fancyvrb's check of \@currenvir
-  \renewcommand*{\VerbatimEnvironment}{\gdef\FV@EnvironName{SphinxVerbatim}}%
+  \renewcommand*{\VerbatimEnvironment}{\gdef\FV@EnvironName{sphinxVerbatim}}%
   % go around fancyvrb's check of current list depth
   \def\@toodeep {\advance\@listdepth\@ne}%
   % Allow breaks at special characters using \PYG... macros.
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 68073bd0b..678a8c8db 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -1909,11 +1909,11 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
                 self.table.has_verbatim = True
             else:
                 hlcode = hlcode.replace('\\begin{Verbatim}',
-                                        '\\begin{SphinxVerbatim}')
+                                        '\\begin{sphinxVerbatim}')
             # get consistent trailer
             hlcode = hlcode.rstrip()[:-14]  # strip \end{Verbatim}
             self.body.append('\n' + hlcode + '\\end{%sVerbatim}\n' %
-                             ((not self.table) and 'Sphinx' or ''))
+                             ((not self.table) and 'sphinx' or ''))
             if ids:
                 self.body.append('\\let\\sphinxLiteralBlockLabel\empty\n')
             raise nodes.SkipNode
diff --git a/tests/test_directive_code.py b/tests/test_directive_code.py
index b53145592..fa454fb7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_directive_code.py
+++ b/tests/test_directive_code.py
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ def test_literalinclude_file_whole_of_emptyline(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build_all()
     latex = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text(encoding='utf-8').replace('\r\n', '\n')
     includes = (
-        '\\begin{SphinxVerbatim}[commandchars=\\\\\\{\\},numbers=left,firstnumber=1,stepnumber=1]\n'
+        '\\begin{sphinxVerbatim}[commandchars=\\\\\\{\\},numbers=left,firstnumber=1,stepnumber=1]\n'
         '\n'
         '\n'
         '\n'
-        '\\end{SphinxVerbatim}\n')
+        '\\end{sphinxVerbatim}\n')
     assert includes in latex
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_markup.py b/tests/test_markup.py
index 1753acb72..b41080b86 100644
--- a/tests/test_markup.py
+++ b/tests/test_markup.py
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ def test_latex_escaping():
            r'\(\Gamma\)\textbackslash{}\(\infty\)\$')
     # in verbatim code fragments
     yield (verify, u'::\n\n @Γ\\∞${}', None,
-           u'\\begin{SphinxVerbatim}[commandchars=\\\\\\{\\}]\n'
+           u'\\begin{sphinxVerbatim}[commandchars=\\\\\\{\\}]\n'
            u'@\\(\\Gamma\\)\\PYGZbs{}\\(\\infty\\)\\PYGZdl{}\\PYGZob{}\\PYGZcb{}\n'
-           u'\\end{SphinxVerbatim}')
+           u'\\end{sphinxVerbatim}')
     # in URIs
     yield (verify_re, u'`test <http://example.com/~me/>`_', None,
            r'\\href{http://example.com/~me/}{test}.*')