diff --git a/doc/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.linux_shadow.rst b/doc/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.linux_shadow.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5edc575f1040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.linux_shadow.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+=========================
+salt.modules.linux_shadow
+=========================
+
+.. automodule:: salt.modules.linux_shadow
+    :members:
diff --git a/doc/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.shadow.rst b/doc/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.shadow.rst
index 3b03032d28eb..1ecbc5786621 100644
--- a/doc/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.shadow.rst
+++ b/doc/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.shadow.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ modules:
 ====================================== ========================================
 Execution Module                       Used for
 ====================================== ========================================
-:py:mod:`~salt.modules.shadow`         Linux
+:py:mod:`~salt.modules.linux_shadow`   Linux
 :py:mod:`~salt.modules.bsd_shadow`     FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD
 :py:mod:`~salt.modules.solaris_shadow` Solaris-based OSes
 :py:mod:`~salt.modules.win_shadow`     Windows
diff --git a/salt/modules/shadow.py b/salt/modules/linux_shadow.py
similarity index 98%
rename from salt/modules/shadow.py
rename to salt/modules/linux_shadow.py
index 88d817255c4c..febef330c3d6 100644
--- a/salt/modules/shadow.py
+++ b/salt/modules/linux_shadow.py
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
 except ImportError:
     HAS_CRYPT = False
 
+__virtualname__ = 'shadow'
+
 
 def __virtual__():
-    return __grains__.get('kernel', '') == 'Linux'
+    return __virtualname__ if __grains__.get('kernel', '') == 'Linux' else False
 
 
 def default_hash():
diff --git a/tests/integration/modules/test_shadow.py b/tests/integration/modules/test_linux_shadow.py
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/integration/modules/test_shadow.py
rename to tests/integration/modules/test_linux_shadow.py
index 933f67532ee8..9ecfac189957 100644
--- a/tests/integration/modules/test_shadow.py
+++ b/tests/integration/modules/test_linux_shadow.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Import Salt libs
 import salt.utils.files
 import salt.utils.platform
-import salt.modules.shadow
+import salt.modules.linux_shadow as shadow
 from salt.ext.six.moves import range
 
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def setUp(self):
             )
         self._test_user = self.__random_string()
         self._no_user = self.__random_string()
-        self._password = salt.modules.shadow.gen_password('Password1234')
+        self._password = shadow.gen_password('Password1234')
 
     def __random_string(self, size=6):
         '''