diff --git a/contrib/mesos/ci/test-conformance.sh b/contrib/mesos/ci/test-conformance.sh
index 8ce2ccb965e..5f9bbb55087 100755
--- a/contrib/mesos/ci/test-conformance.sh
+++ b/contrib/mesos/ci/test-conformance.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ TEST_ARGS="$@"
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../../.." && pwd)
 
-TEST_CMD="KUBE_CONFORMANCE_TEST=y KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config go run hack/e2e.go --test --test_args=\"--ginkgo.focus=\\[Conformance\\]\""
+TEST_CMD="KUBERNETES_CONFORMANCE_TEST=y KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config go run hack/e2e.go --test --test_args=\"--ginkgo.focus=\\[Conformance\\]\""
 if [ -n "${CONFORMANCE_BRANCH}" ]; then
 	# create a CONFORMANCE_BRANCH clone in a subdirectory
 	TEST_CMD="
diff --git a/docs/devel/e2e-tests.md b/docs/devel/e2e-tests.md
index 5d23bc9abbc..175c323bf04 100644
--- a/docs/devel/e2e-tests.md
+++ b/docs/devel/e2e-tests.md
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Conformance tests are designed to be run with no cloud provider configured.  Con
 ```sh
 # setup for conformance tests
 export KUBECONFIG=/path/to/kubeconfig
-export KUBE_CONFORMANCE_TEST=y
+export KUBERNETES_CONFORMANCE_TEST=y
 
 # run all conformance tests
 go run hack/e2e.go -v --test_args="--ginkgo.focus=\[Conformance\]"