diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e220e8a483..c8c7c9ae31 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ type ProviderConfig struct {
 	Version   string
 	RawConfig *RawConfig
 
-	// Scope records where the Provider was declared in a module tree, so that
-	// it can be copied into child module providers yes still interpolated in
+	// Path records where the Provider was declared in a module tree, so that
+	// it can be copied into child module providers yet still interpolated in
 	// the correct scope.
-	Scope []string
+	Path []string
 }
 
 // A resource represents a single Terraform resource in the configuration.
diff --git a/config/module/tree.go b/config/module/tree.go
index f01ed180eb..6593f48f15 100644
--- a/config/module/tree.go
+++ b/config/module/tree.go
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ func (t *Tree) inheritProviderConfigs(stack []*Tree) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			pc.Scope = pt.Path()
-			pc.Scope = append([]string{RootName}, pt.path...)
+			pc.Path = pt.Path()
+			pc.Path = append([]string{RootName}, pt.path...)
 			pc.RawConfig = parentProvider.RawConfig
 			log.Printf("[TRACE] provider %q inheriting config from %q",
 				strings.Join(append(t.Path(), pc.FullName()), "."),
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func (t *Tree) inheritProviderConfigs(stack []*Tree) {
 
 		// Copy it in, but set an interpolation Scope.
 		// An interpolation Scope always need to have "root"
-		pc.Scope = append([]string{RootName}, parent.path...)
+		pc.Path = append([]string{RootName}, parent.path...)
 		pc.RawConfig = parentProvider.RawConfig
 		log.Printf("[TRACE] provider %q inheriting config from %q",
 			strings.Join(append(t.Path(), pc.FullName()), "."),
diff --git a/config/module/tree_test.go b/config/module/tree_test.go
index e71842f3cd..1b9c552972 100644
--- a/config/module/tree_test.go
+++ b/config/module/tree_test.go
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ func TestTreeProviders_basic(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 	}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(aTop.Scope, []string{RootName}) {
-		log.Fatalf(`expected scope for "top": {"root"}, got %#v`, aTop.Scope)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(aTop.Path, []string{RootName}) {
+		log.Fatalf(`expected scope for "top": {"root"}, got %#v`, aTop.Path)
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(bBottom.RawConfig.RawMap(), bottomRaw.RawConfig.RawMap()) {
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@ func TestTreeProviders_basic(t *testing.T) {
 			bBottom.RawConfig.RawMap(),
 		)
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(bBottom.Scope, []string{RootName, "a"}) {
-		t.Fatalf(`expected scope for "bottom": {"root", "a"}, got %#v`, bBottom.Scope)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(bBottom.Path, []string{RootName, "a"}) {
+		t.Fatalf(`expected scope for "bottom": {"root", "a"}, got %#v`, bBottom.Path)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ func TestTreeProviders_implicit(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("could not find provider 'foo' in child module")
 	}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual([]string{RootName}, foo.Scope) {
-		t.Fatalf(`expected foo scope of {"root"}, got %#v`, foo.Scope)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual([]string{RootName}, foo.Path) {
+		t.Fatalf(`expected foo scope of {"root"}, got %#v`, foo.Path)
 	}
 
 	expected := map[string]interface{}{
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ func TestTreeProviders_implicitMultiLevel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("could not find provider 'foo' in child module")
 	}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual([]string{RootName}, foo.Scope) {
-		t.Fatalf(`expected foo scope of {"root"}, got %#v`, foo.Scope)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual([]string{RootName}, foo.Path) {
+		t.Fatalf(`expected foo scope of {"root"}, got %#v`, foo.Path)
 	}
 
 	expected := map[string]interface{}{
@@ -677,8 +677,8 @@ func TestTreeProviders_implicitMultiLevel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("could not find provider 'bar' in grandchild module")
 	}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual([]string{RootName, "child"}, bar.Scope) {
-		t.Fatalf(`expected bar scope of {"root", "child"}, got %#v`, bar.Scope)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual([]string{RootName, "child"}, bar.Path) {
+		t.Fatalf(`expected bar scope of {"root", "child"}, got %#v`, bar.Path)
 	}
 
 	expected = map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/terraform/eval_context_builtin.go b/terraform/eval_context_builtin.go
index 3b65ba7faf..212ca29ebe 100644
--- a/terraform/eval_context_builtin.go
+++ b/terraform/eval_context_builtin.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func (ctx *BuiltinEvalContext) InterpolateProvider(
 	var cfg *config.RawConfig
 
 	if pc != nil && pc.RawConfig != nil {
-		path := pc.Scope
+		path := pc.Path
 		if len(path) == 0 {
 			path = ctx.Path()
 		}