diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngView.js b/src/ng/directive/ngView.js
index 8d7c87c57170..d5ef2c71ad48 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngView.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngView.js
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@
           $routeProvider.when('/Book/:bookId', {
             templateUrl: 'book.html',
             controller: BookCntl,
-            controllerAlias: 'book'
+            controllerAs: 'book'
           });
           $routeProvider.when('/Book/:bookId/ch/:chapterId', {
             templateUrl: 'chapter.html',
             controller: ChapterCntl,
-            controllerAlias: 'chapter'
+            controllerAs: 'chapter'
           });
 
           // configure html5 to get links working on jsfiddle
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ var ngViewDirective = ['$http', '$templateCache', '$route', '$anchorScroll', '$c
           if (current.controller) {
             locals.$scope = lastScope;
             controller = $controller(current.controller, locals);
-            if (current.controllerAlias) {
-              lastScope[current.controllerAlias] = controller;
+            if (current.controllerAs) {
+              lastScope[current.controllerAs] = controller;
             }
             element.children().data('$ngControllerController', controller);
           }
diff --git a/src/ng/route.js b/src/ng/route.js
index 4014dfa80701..12e560c76535 100644
--- a/src/ng/route.js
+++ b/src/ng/route.js
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ function $RouteProvider(){
    *    - `controller` – `{(string|function()=}` – Controller fn that should be associated with newly
    *      created scope or the name of a {@link angular.Module#controller registered controller}
    *      if passed as a string.
-   *    - `controllerAlias` – `{string=}` – A controller alias name. If present the controller will be
-   *      published to scope under the `controllerAlias` name.
+   *    - `controllerAs` – `{string=}` – A controller alias name. If present the controller will be
+   *      published to scope under the `controllerAs` name.
    *    - `template` – `{string=|function()=}` – html template as a string or function that returns
    *      an html template as a string which should be used by {@link ng.directive:ngView ngView} or
    *      {@link ng.directive:ngInclude ngInclude} directives.
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/ngViewSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/ngViewSpec.js
index 3150c0405c28..93b850024c3b 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/ngViewSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/ngViewSpec.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('ngView', function() {
         };
 
     module(function($compileProvider, $routeProvider) {
-      $routeProvider.when('/some', {templateUrl: '/tpl.html', controller: Ctrl, controllerAlias: 'ctrl'});
+      $routeProvider.when('/some', {templateUrl: '/tpl.html', controller: Ctrl, controllerAs: 'ctrl'});
     });
 
     inject(function($route, $rootScope, $templateCache, $location) {