diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 127f1ec6c7..3bfc5a35b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Aug 12 13:20:07 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+
+	* docs/storage.html[.in] src/storage_backend_disk.c: patch from
+	  Cole Robinson to rename the disk type from 'dos' to 'msdos'
+
 Tue Aug 12 17:30:50 JST 2008 Atsushi SAKAI <sakaia@jp.fujitsu.com>
 
 	* src/domain_conf.h src/qemu_driver.c: name changing of
diff --git a/docs/storage.html b/docs/storage.html
index d9d62f7353..1b82b36862 100644
--- a/docs/storage.html
+++ b/docs/storage.html
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ libvirt.
       the common partition table types:
     </p>
         <ul><li>
-        <code>dos</code>
+        <code>msdos</code>
       </li><li>
         <code>dvh</code>
       </li><li>
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ libvirt.
         <code>sun</code>
       </li></ul>
         <p>
-      The <code>dos</code> or <code>gpt</code> formats are recommended for
+      The <code>msdos</code> or <code>gpt</code> formats are recommended for
       best portability - the latter is needed for disks larger than 2TB.
     </p>
         <h3>Valid volume format types</h3>
diff --git a/docs/storage.html.in b/docs/storage.html.in
index 40e8e80da5..8cab480b42 100644
--- a/docs/storage.html.in
+++ b/docs/storage.html.in
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ libvirt.
     </p>
     <ul>
       <li>
-        <code>dos</code>
+        <code>msdos</code>
       </li>
       <li>
         <code>dvh</code>
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ libvirt.
       </li>
     </ul>
     <p>
-      The <code>dos</code> or <code>gpt</code> formats are recommended for
+      The <code>msdos</code> or <code>gpt</code> formats are recommended for
       best portability - the latter is needed for disks larger than 2TB.
     </p>
 
diff --git a/src/storage_backend_disk.c b/src/storage_backend_disk.c
index dac827b15c..44a15ba2c9 100644
--- a/src/storage_backend_disk.c
+++ b/src/storage_backend_disk.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "memory.h"
 
 enum {
-    VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_DOS = 0,
+    VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_MSDOS = 0,
     VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_DVH,
     VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_GPT,
     VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_MAC,
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ static int
 virStorageBackendDiskPoolFormatFromString(virConnectPtr conn,
                                           const char *format) {
     if (format == NULL)
-        return VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_DOS;
+        return VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_MSDOS;
 
-    if (STREQ(format, "dos"))
-        return VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_DOS;
+    if (STREQ(format, "msdos"))
+        return VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_MSDOS;
     if (STREQ(format, "dvh"))
         return VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_DVH;
     if (STREQ(format, "gpt"))
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ static const char *
 virStorageBackendDiskPoolFormatToString(virConnectPtr conn,
                                         int format) {
     switch (format) {
-    case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_DOS:
-        return "dos";
+    case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_MSDOS:
+        return "msdos";
     case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_DVH:
         return "dvh";
     case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK_GPT: