diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f03760..59cdd97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ point / template to implement you own custom logic directly. It contains a
 number of examples of the implemented direct and config-based method to start.
 
 To run the config-file implementation of the client create a config file named
-`duo_api.conf` in the same directory as the script using the provided template
-`duo_api.tmpl` and configure it for your environment  and run it. To use it
-without config file, comment out the settings and code provided for that, set
-the configuration values for your environment and run it.
+`duo_api.conf` in the same directory as the script using the provided example
+`duo_api.conf.dist` and configure it for your environment  and run it. To use
+it without config file, comment out the settings and code provided for that,
+set the configuration values for your environment and run it.
 
 
 <a name=duo_library>duo_library.py</a>
diff --git a/duo_api.tmpl b/duo_api.conf.dist
index 087a481..8fb2308 100644
--- a/duo_api.tmpl
+++ b/duo_api.conf.dist
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# duo_api.tmpl - config template for duo_api.py, a pure python3 DUO API client
+# duo_api.conf.dist - example config for duo_api.py, a pure python3 DUO client
 #
 # Version 1.0, latest version, documentation and bugtracker available at:
 #		https://gitlab.lindenaar.net/scripts/duo
diff --git a/duo_api.py b/duo_api.py
index 2ea97ee..b4913d0 100755
--- a/duo_api.py
+++ b/duo_api.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
     method to get you started.
 
     To run the config-file implementation of the client, simply create a config
-    file (duo_api.conf) from the template (duo_api.tmpl) and configure it for
-    your environment in the same directory as this script and run it. To use it
-    without config file, comment out the code below and provide your values.
+    file (duo_api.conf) from the example (duo_api.conf.dist) and configure it
+    for your environment in the same directory as this script and run it. To use
+    it without config file, comment out the code below and provide your values.
 
     See https://duo.com/docs/authapi and https://duo.com/docs/adminapi for the
     available endpoints, parameters and responses.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def duo_api_config(config, req, vars=None):
         Returns: the API response (JSON Object)
 
         To pass parameters with the request, provide a dict (section) with a key
-        equal to req. Below sample ConfigParser config file for an auth request:
+        equal to req. Below a ConfigParser config file for an auth request:
 
             [API]
             host=api-XXXXXXXX.duosecurity.com
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         # print('Access', response['result'])
 
         # Same example as above, now using a config file, for this to work copy
-        # the file duo_api.tmpl to duo_api.conf and update for your environment
+        # duo_api.conf.dist to duo_api.conf and update for your environment
         config = ConfigParser()
         if not config.read(splitext(argv[0])[0] + '.conf'):
             print("Missing/unreadable config file",splitext(argv[0])[0]+'.conf')