diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c868c9061..d7b900dded 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ $ git commit -m "libnvme: regenerate accessors following <struct> changes"
 
 `accessors.ld` is a GNU linker version script that controls which accessor
 symbols are exported from `libnvme.so` and under which ABI version label they
-were introduced (e.g. `LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3_0`).
+were introduced (e.g. `LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3`).
 
 This file is **not** updated automatically, because each symbol must be placed
 in the correct version section by the maintainer. Adding a symbol to an
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/accessors.ld b/libnvme/src/nvme/accessors.ld
index 2fe00c6101..5a208afeb4 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/accessors.ld
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/accessors.ld
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3_0 {
+LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3 {
 	global:
 		nvme_path_get_name;
 		nvme_path_set_name;
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/generate-accessors.c b/libnvme/src/nvme/generate-accessors.c
index 21eea5e224..d37d784271 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/generate-accessors.c
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/generate-accessors.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	generated_ld = fopen(conf.l_fname, "w");
 	fprintf(generated_ld,
 		"\n"
-		"LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3_0 {\n"
+		"LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3 {\n"
 		"	global:\n");
 
 	/* Copy temporary file to output */
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/update-accessors.sh b/libnvme/src/nvme/update-accessors.sh
index 77287c21c6..5621fc869e 100755
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/update-accessors.sh
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/update-accessors.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # produces different output.
 #
 # accessors.ld is NOT updated automatically because its version section labels
-# (e.g. LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3_0) must be assigned by the maintainer.  Instead,
+# (e.g. LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3) must be assigned by the maintainer.  Instead,
 # this script reports which symbols have been added or removed so the maintainer
 # knows exactly what to change in accessors.ld.
 #
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fi
 # Compare symbol lists to detect accessors.ld drift.
 #
 # accessors.ld is manually maintained because its version section labels
-# (e.g. LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3_0) must be assigned by a human.  We therefore
+# (e.g. LIBNVME_ACCESSORS_3) must be assigned by a human.  We therefore
 # only report what has changed; we never overwrite the file.
 #
 # Symbol lines in an ld version script look like: