diff --git a/Readme.adoc b/Readme.adoc
index 4d12f8f2..ce2b2723 100644
--- a/Readme.adoc
+++ b/Readme.adoc
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ wd / os.up
 wd / os.up / os.up
 ----
 
-`os.pwd` can be modified in certain scopes via the `os.pwd0` dynamic variable, but
+`os.pwd` can be modified in certain scopes via the `os.dynamicPwd` dynamic variable, but
 best practice is not to change it. Instead simply define a new path, e.g.
 
 [source,scala]
diff --git a/os/src-jvm/package.scala b/os/src-jvm/package.scala
index 0dc7623b..d11a54d6 100644
--- a/os/src-jvm/package.scala
+++ b/os/src-jvm/package.scala
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ package object os {
   /**
    * The current working directory for this process.
    */
-  def pwd: Path = pwd0.value
-  val pwd0: DynamicVariable[Path] =
+  def pwd: Path = dynamicPwd.value
+  val dynamicPwd: DynamicVariable[Path] =
     new DynamicVariable(os.Path(java.nio.file.Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath))
 
   val up: RelPath = RelPath.up
diff --git a/os/src-native/package.scala b/os/src-native/package.scala
index 89057268..e71aac1a 100644
--- a/os/src-native/package.scala
+++ b/os/src-native/package.scala
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ package object os {
   /**
    * The current working directory for this process.
    */
-  def pwd: Path = pwd0.value
-  val pwd0: DynamicVariable[Path] =
+  def pwd: Path = dynamicPwd.value
+  val dynamicPwd: DynamicVariable[Path] =
     new DynamicVariable(os.Path(java.nio.file.Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath))
 
   val up: RelPath = RelPath.up
diff --git a/os/test/src/PathTests.scala b/os/test/src/PathTests.scala
index 67f005d2..365b1647 100644
--- a/os/test/src/PathTests.scala
+++ b/os/test/src/PathTests.scala
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@ object PathTests extends TestSuite {
       System.err.printf("p[%s]\n", posix(p))
       assert(posix(p) contains "/omg")
     }
-    test("pwd0") {
+    test("dynamicPwd") {
       val x = os.pwd
-      val y = os.pwd0.withValue(os.pwd / "hello") {
+      val y = os.dynamicPwd.withValue(os.pwd / "hello") {
         os.pwd
       }
 
diff --git a/os/test/src/SubprocessTests.scala b/os/test/src/SubprocessTests.scala
index f154de6a..a3bf96d1 100644
--- a/os/test/src/SubprocessTests.scala
+++ b/os/test/src/SubprocessTests.scala
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ object SubprocessTests extends TestSuite {
         assert(output.out.lines() == Seq("HELLO /usr"))
       }
     }
-    test("pwd0") {
+    test("dynamicPwd") {
       // Windows doesnt have bash installed so a bit inconvenient
       // to run these subprocesses for testing
       if (!scala.util.Properties.isWin) {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ object SubprocessTests extends TestSuite {
         val tmp0 = os.temp.dir()
         val tmp = os.followLink(tmp0).getOrElse(tmp0)
         val x = proc("bash", "-c", "pwd").call()
-        val y = os.pwd0.withValue(tmp) {
+        val y = os.dynamicPwd.withValue(tmp) {
           proc("bash", "-c", "pwd").call()
         }