diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 6e39c89d9..1348891bb 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -4644,7 +4644,7 @@ http-check expect [min-recv <int>] [comment <msg>]
              and "http-check send".
 
 
-http-check send [meth <method>] [uri <uri>] [vsn <version>] [comment <msg>]
+http-check send [meth <method>] [uri <uri>] [ver <version>] [comment <msg>]
                 [hdr <name> <fmt>]* [body <string>]
   Add a possible list of headers and/or a body to the request sent during HTTP
   health checks.
@@ -4664,7 +4664,7 @@ http-check send [meth <method>] [uri <uri>] [vsn <version>] [comment <msg>]
                    any server, but may be changed to any other URI. Query
                    strings are permitted.
 
-    vsn <version>  is the optional HTTP version string. It defaults to
+    ver <version>  is the optional HTTP version string. It defaults to
                    "HTTP/1.0" but some servers might behave incorrectly in HTTP
                    1.0, so turningit to HTTP/1.1 may sometimes help. Note that
                    the Host field is mandatory in HTTP/1.1, use "hdr" argument
diff --git a/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc b/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc
index 7d8d51442..057484f24 100644
--- a/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ haproxy h1 -conf {
     backend be3
         log ${S1_addr}:${S1_port} len 2048 local0
         option httpchk
-        http-check send meth GET uri /status vsn HTTP/1.1
+        http-check send meth GET uri /status ver HTTP/1.1
         server srv ${s3_addr}:${s3_port} check inter 100ms rise 1 fall 1
 
     backend be4
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ haproxy h1 -conf {
         http-check send-state
         http-check connect addr ${s4_addr}:${s4_port}
         http-check set-var(check.server) "str(srv)"
-        http-check send meth GET uri /req1 vsn HTTP/1.1 hdr x-test "server=%[var(check.server)]"
+        http-check send meth GET uri /req1 ver HTTP/1.1 hdr x-test "server=%[var(check.server)]"
         http-check expect status 200
         http-check connect addr ${s4_addr} port ${s4_port}
         http-check unset-var(check.server)
-        http-check send meth GET uri /req2 vsn HTTP/1.1 hdr x-test "server=%[var(check.server)]" body "health-check body"
+        http-check send meth GET uri /req2 ver HTTP/1.1 hdr x-test "server=%[var(check.server)]" body "health-check body"
         http-check expect rstatus "^2[0-9]{2}"
         http-check connect addr ${s4_addr} port ${s4_port}
         http-check send meth GET uri /req3
diff --git a/src/checks.c b/src/checks.c
index 0b934b663..4279290b3 100644
--- a/src/checks.c
+++ b/src/checks.c
@@ -3758,7 +3758,7 @@ static struct tcpcheck_rule *parse_tcpcheck_send_http(char **args, int cur_arg,
 			uri = args[cur_arg];
 			// TODO: log-format uri
 		}
-		else if (strcmp(args[cur_arg], "vsn") == 0) {
+		else if (strcmp(args[cur_arg], "ver") == 0) {
 			if (!*(args[cur_arg+1])) {
 				memprintf(errmsg, "'%s' expects a string as argument.", args[cur_arg]);
 				goto error;
@@ -3799,7 +3799,7 @@ static struct tcpcheck_rule *parse_tcpcheck_send_http(char **args, int cur_arg,
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			memprintf(errmsg, "expects 'comment', 'meth', 'uri', 'hdr' and 'body' but got '%s' as argument.",
+			memprintf(errmsg, "expects 'comment', 'meth', 'uri', 'ver', 'hdr' and 'body' but got '%s' as argument.",
 				  args[cur_arg]);
 			goto error;
 		}