diff --git a/letsencrypt/constants.py b/letsencrypt/constants.py
index 0d00f2d75..6c67ce445 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/constants.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/constants.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ LIVE_DIR = "live"
 TEMP_CHECKPOINT_DIR = "temp_checkpoint"
 """Temporary checkpoint directory (relative to `IConfig.work_dir`)."""
 
-RENEWAL_CONFIGS_DIR = "configs"
+RENEWAL_CONFIGS_DIR = "renewal"
 """Renewal configs directory, relative to `IConfig.config_dir`."""
 
 RENEWER_CONFIG_FILENAME = "renewer.conf"
diff --git a/letsencrypt/tests/renewer_test.py b/letsencrypt/tests/renewer_test.py
index 053f00ed8..761783d23 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/tests/renewer_test.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/tests/renewer_test.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class BaseRenewableCertTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # TODO: maybe provide RenewerConfiguration.make_dirs?
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.tempdir, "live", "example.org"))
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.tempdir, "archive", "example.org"))
-        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.tempdir, "configs"))
+        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.tempdir, "renewal"))
 
         config = configobj.ConfigObj()
         for kind in ALL_FOUR: