diff --git a/doc/05-repositories.md b/doc/05-repositories.md
index 1e6128f0e..318ea65bb 100644
--- a/doc/05-repositories.md
+++ b/doc/05-repositories.md
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ http-basic section of your config (See [Schema](04-schema.md)):
 If your Subversion client is configured to store credentials by default these
 credentials will be saved for the current user and existing saved credentials
 for this server will be overwritten. To change this behavior by setting the
-`"cache-credentials"` option in your repository configuration:
+`"svn-cache-credentials"` option in your repository configuration:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ for this server will be overwritten. To change this behavior by setting the
         {
             "type": "vcs",
             "url": "http://svn.example.org/projectA/",
-            "cache-credentials": false
+            "svn-cache-credentials": false
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php
index f2a9e1de0..729bda94e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class SvnDriver extends VcsDriver
         if (isset($this->repoConfig['tags-path'])) {
             $this->tagsPath = $this->repoConfig['tags-path'];
         }
-        if (array_key_exists('cache-credentials', $this->repoConfig)) {
-            $this->cacheCredentials = (bool) $this->repoConfig['cache-credentials'];
+        if (array_key_exists('svn-cache-credentials', $this->repoConfig)) {
+            $this->cacheCredentials = (bool) $this->repoConfig['svn-cache-credentials'];
         }
         if (isset($this->repoConfig['package-path'])) {
             $this->packagePath = '/' . trim($this->repoConfig['package-path'], '/');