diff --git a/packaging/svr4pkg b/packaging/svr4pkg
index e3c25bfac3a..5abf6b56df1 100644
--- a/packaging/svr4pkg
+++ b/packaging/svr4pkg
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ options:
   proxy:
     description:
       - HTTP[s] proxy to be used if C(src) is a URL.
-  resp:
+  response_file:
     description:
       - Specifies the location of a response file to be used if package expects input on install.
 '''
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - svr4pkg: name=CSWpkgutil src=http://get.opencsw.org/now state=present
 
 # Install a package with a response file
-- svr4pkg: name=CSWggrep src=/tmp/third-party.pkg resp=/tmp/ggrep.response state=present
+- svr4pkg: name=CSWggrep src=/tmp/third-party.pkg response_file=/tmp/ggrep.response state=present
 
 # Ensure that a package is not installed.
 - svr4pkg: name=SUNWgnome-sound-recorder state=absent
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ def run_command(module, cmd):
     cmd[0] = module.get_bin_path(progname, True)
     return module.run_command(cmd)
 
-def package_install(module, name, src, proxy, resp):
+def package_install(module, name, src, proxy, response_file):
     adminfile = create_admin_file()
     cmd = [ 'pkgadd', '-na', adminfile, '-d', src ]
     if proxy is not None:
         cmd += [ '-x', proxy ]
-    if resp is not None:
-        cmd += [ '-r', resp ]
+    if response_file is not None:
+        cmd += [ '-r', response_file ]
     cmd.append(name)
     (rc, out, err) = run_command(module, cmd)
     os.unlink(adminfile)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def main():
             state = dict(required = True, choices=['present', 'absent']),
             src = dict(default = None),
             proxy = dict(default = None),
-            resp = dict(default = None)
+            response_file = dict(default = None)
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def main():
     name = module.params['name']
     src = module.params['src']
     proxy = module.params['proxy']
-    resp = module.params['resp']
+    response_file = module.params['response_file']
     rc = None
     out = ''
     err = ''
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def main():
         if not package_installed(module, name):
             if module.check_mode:
                 module.exit_json(changed=True)
-            (rc, out, err) = package_install(module, name, src, proxy, resp)
+            (rc, out, err) = package_install(module, name, src, proxy, response_file)
             # Stdout is normally empty but for some packages can be
             # very long and is not often useful
             if len(out) > 75: