diff --git a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
index 008c1e794..e091848ce 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachine() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
-			"linkedClone": &schema.Schema{
+			"linked_clone": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
 				Optional: true,
 				Default:  false,
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func resourceVSphereVirtualMachineCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 		vm.timeZone = v.(string)
 	}
 
-	if v, ok := d.GetOk("linkedClone"); ok {
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("linked_clone"); ok {
 		vm.linkedClone = v.(bool)
 	}
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
index 92b038ecd..47791ba38 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `disk` - (Required) Configures virtual disks; see [Disks](#disks) below for details
 * `boot_delay` - (Optional) Time in seconds to wait for machine network to be ready.
 * `windows_opt_config` - (Optional) Extra options for clones of Windows machines.
-* `linkedClone` - (Optional) Specifies if the new machine is a [linked clone](https://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_clone_overview.html#wp1036396) of another machine or not.
+* `linked_clone` - (Optional) Specifies if the new machine is a [linked clone](https://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_clone_overview.html#wp1036396) of another machine or not.
 * `custom_configuration_parameters` - (Optional) Map of values that is set as virtual machine custom configurations.
 
 The `network_interface` block supports: