diff --git a/templates/rsyncTemplate.sh b/templates/rsyncTemplate.sh
index c0ec8d9..a330bb2 100644
--- a/templates/rsyncTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/rsyncTemplate.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ touch "${RSYNC_DEST_PATH}"/timestamp.fix
 
 # Run retention policy
 cd "${RSYNC_DEST}"
-rm -rf `ls -t | tail -n +$(("${RSYNC_RETENTION_DAYS}"+2))`
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -rf `ls -t | tail -n +$(("${RSYNC_RETENTION_KEEP_LAST}"+2))`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/variablesTemplate.sh b/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
index 240c836..6ac9727 100644
--- a/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ readonly LOG_RETENTION='30'
 ## Set these vars 
 # readonly RSYNC_SOURCE='/path/to/dir/to/backup'
 # readonly RSYNC_DEST='/path/to/dir/to/backup/to'
-# readonly RSYNC_RETENTION_DAYS='7'
+# readonly RSYNC_RETENTION_KEEP_LAST='7'
 
 ## Leave these vars be
 # readonly RSYNC_MANIFEST="${SCRIPT_DIR}/rsyncManifest"