diff --git a/notary/gosumcheck/main.go b/notary/gosumcheck/main.go
index f6accb1..37d63d1 100644
--- a/notary/gosumcheck/main.go
+++ b/notary/gosumcheck/main.go
@@ -72,17 +72,17 @@
 	conn := sumweb.NewConn(new(client))
 
 	// Look in environment explicitly, so that if 'go env' is old and
-	// doesn't know about GONOVERIFY, we at least get anything
+	// doesn't know about GONOSUMDB, we at least get anything
 	// set in the environment.
-	env := os.Getenv("GONOVERIFY")
+	env := os.Getenv("GONOSUMDB")
 	if env == "" {
-		out, err := exec.Command("go", "env", "GONOVERIFY").CombinedOutput()
+		out, err := exec.Command("go", "env", "GONOSUMDB").CombinedOutput()
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("go env GONOVERIFY: %v\n%s", err, out)
+			log.Fatalf("go env GONOSUMDB: %v\n%s", err, out)
 		}
 		env = strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
 	}
-	conn.SetGONOVERIFY(env)
+	conn.SetGONOSUMDB(env)
 
 	for _, arg := range flag.Args() {
 		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(arg)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 			dbLines, err := conn.Lookup(f[0], f[1])
 			if err != nil {
-				if err == sumweb.ErrGONOVERIFY {
+				if err == sumweb.ErrGONOSUMDB {
 					errs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s: %v", f[0], f[1], err)
 				} else {
 					// Otherwise Lookup properly adds the prefix itself.
diff --git a/notary/gosumcheck/test.bash b/notary/gosumcheck/test.bash
index 4557b03..f77e01b 100755
--- a/notary/gosumcheck/test.bash
+++ b/notary/gosumcheck/test.bash
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 go build -o gosumcheck.exe
-export GONOVERIFY=*/text # rsc.io/text but not golang.org/x/text
+export GONOSUMDB=*/text # rsc.io/text but not golang.org/x/text
 ./gosumcheck.exe "$@" -v test.sum
 rm -f ./gosumcheck.exe
diff --git a/notary/internal/sumweb/client.go b/notary/internal/sumweb/client.go
index cf6891f..b42209c 100644
--- a/notary/internal/sumweb/client.go
+++ b/notary/internal/sumweb/client.go
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@
 	c.tileHeight = height
 }
 
-// SetGONOVERIFY sets the list of comma-separated GONOVERIFY patterns for the Conn.
+// SetGONOSUMDB sets the list of comma-separated GONOSUMDB patterns for the Conn.
 // For any module path matching one of the patterns,
-// Lookup will return ErrGONOVERIFY.
-// Any call to SetGONOVERIFY must happen before the first call to Lookup.
-func (c *Conn) SetGONOVERIFY(list string) {
+// Lookup will return ErrGONOSUMDB.
+// Any call to SetGONOSUMDB must happen before the first call to Lookup.
+func (c *Conn) SetGONOSUMDB(list string) {
 	c.noverify = nil
 	for _, glob := range strings.Split(list, ",") {
 		if glob != "" {
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// ErrGONOVERIFY is returned by Lookup for paths that match
-// a pattern listed in the GONOVERIFY list (set by SetGONOVERIFY,
+// ErrGONOSUMDB is returned by Lookup for paths that match
+// a pattern listed in the GONOSUMDB list (set by SetGONOSUMDB,
 // usually from the environment variable).
-var ErrGONOVERIFY = errors.New("skipped (listed in GONOVERIFY)")
+var ErrGONOSUMDB = errors.New("skipped (listed in GONOSUMDB)")
 
 func (c *Conn) skip(target string) bool {
 	for _, glob := range c.noverify {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 // Lookup returns the go.sum lines for the given module path and version.
 func (c *Conn) Lookup(path, vers string) (lines []string, err error) {
 	if c.skip(path) {
-		return nil, ErrGONOVERIFY
+		return nil, ErrGONOSUMDB
 	}
 
 	defer func() {
diff --git a/notary/internal/sumweb/client_test.go b/notary/internal/sumweb/client_test.go
index e500ef4..ccbea68 100644
--- a/notary/internal/sumweb/client_test.go
+++ b/notary/internal/sumweb/client_test.go
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func TestConnGONOVERIFY(t *testing.T) {
+func TestConnGONOSUMDB(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := newTestClient(t)
 	tc.conn.Lookup("rsc.io/sampler", "v1.3.0") // initialize before we turn off network
 	tc.getOK = false
-	tc.conn.SetGONOVERIFY("p,*/q")
+	tc.conn.SetGONOSUMDB("p,*/q")
 
 	ok := []string{
 		"abc",
@@ -176,14 +176,14 @@
 
 	for _, path := range ok {
 		_, err := tc.conn.Lookup(path, "v1.0.0")
-		if err == ErrGONOVERIFY {
-			t.Errorf("Lookup(%q): ErrGONOVERIFY, wanted failed actual lookup", path)
+		if err == ErrGONOSUMDB {
+			t.Errorf("Lookup(%q): ErrGONOSUMDB, wanted failed actual lookup", path)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, path := range skip {
 		_, err := tc.conn.Lookup(path, "v1.0.0")
-		if err != ErrGONOVERIFY {
-			t.Errorf("Lookup(%q): %v, wanted ErrGONOVERIFY", path, err)
+		if err != ErrGONOSUMDB {
+			t.Errorf("Lookup(%q): %v, wanted ErrGONOSUMDB", path, err)
 		}
 	}
 }