diff --git a/mossutils/moss.py b/mossutils/moss.py
index d28842b68ac883d1af8ea0061b2df273b10d6bc2..f40ca2df8c3543baeee5a7e4ce19fce7cce8bfd2 100644
--- a/mossutils/moss.py
+++ b/mossutils/moss.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_MATCHING_FILES=1000 # -n in Moss
 DEFAULT_TEMPLATE=None
 DEFAULT_FILE_PATTERN="./*/main.cpp"
 DEFAULT_REPORT_FILE="moss-report.html"
-DEFAULT_REPORT_SUBDIR="_moss-report"
+DEFAULT_REPORT_DIR="_moss-report"
 DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS=8
 
 def run_moss(
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def run_moss(
     template=DEFAULT_TEMPLATE,
     file_pattern=DEFAULT_FILE_PATTERN,
     report_file=DEFAULT_REPORT_FILE,
-    report_subdir=DEFAULT_REPORT_SUBDIR,
+    report_subdir=DEFAULT_REPORT_DIR,
     connections=DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS):
 
   # Assemble Moss comment string, starting with functions (local) arguments
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ def configure_cli_parser(parser):
   parser.add_argument(
     "-rd", "--report-dir",
     type=str,
-    default=DEFAULT_REPORT_SUBDIR,
-    help="Directory for individual report files (default: {})".format(DEFAULT_REPORT_SUBDIR))
+    default=DEFAULT_REPORT_DIR,
+    help="Directory for individual report files (default: {})".format(DEFAULT_REPORT_DIR))
   
   logutils.add_loglevel_argument(parser)