3 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/host.rb b/lib/puppet/type/host.rb
index c8b5934fa..6c4e07b45 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/host.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/host.rb
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ module Puppet
 
         end
 
-        newproperty(:alias) do
-            desc "Any alias the host might have.  Multiple values must be
-                specified as an array.  Note that this state has the same name
-                as one of the metaparams; using this state to set aliases will
-                make those aliases available in your Puppet scripts and also on
-                disk."
+        newproperty(:host_aliases) do
+            desc 'Any aliases the host might have.  Multiple values must be
+                specified as an array.  Note that this property is not the same as
+                the "alias" metaparam; use this property to add aliases to a host
+                on disk, and "alias" to aliases for use in your Puppet scripts.'
 
            def insync?(is)
                 is == @should
@@ -63,9 +62,7 @@ module Puppet
             end
 
             validate do |value|
-                if value =~ /\s/
-                    raise Puppet::Error, "Aliases cannot include whitespace"
-                end
+                raise Puppet::Error, "Host aliases cannot include whitespace" if value =~ /\s/
             end
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/port.rb b/lib/puppet/type/port.rb
index fbb24425d..f186023be 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/port.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/port.rb
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@
 #            desc "The port description."
 #        end
 #
-#        newproperty(:alias) do
-#            desc "Any aliases the port might have.  Multiple values must be
-#                specified as an array.  Note that this property has the same name as
-#                one of the metaparams; using this property to set aliases will make
-#                those aliases available in your Puppet scripts and also on disk."
+#        newproperty(:port_aliases) do
+#            desc 'Any aliases the port might have.  Multiple values must be
+#                specified as an array.  Note that this property is not the same as
+#                the "alias" metaparam; use this property to add aliases to a port
+#                in the services file, and "alias" to aliases for use in your Puppet 
+#                scripts.'
 #
 #            # We actually want to return the whole array here, not just the first
 #            # value.
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb b/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb
index c9e8f3d8b..c1407a6ee 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ module Puppet
 
         # FIXME This should automagically check for aliases to the hosts, just
         # to see if we can automatically glean any aliases.
-        newproperty(:alias) do
-            desc "Any alias the host might have.  Multiple values must be
-                specified as an array.  Note that this parameter has the same name
-                as one of the metaparams; using this parameter to set aliases will
-                make those aliases available in your Puppet scripts."
+        newproperty(:host_aliases) do
+           desc 'Any aliases the host might have.  Multiple values must be
+                specified as an array.  Note that this property is not the same as
+                the "alias" metaparam; use this property to add aliases to a host
+                on disk, and "alias" to aliases for use in your Puppet scripts.'
 
             attr_accessor :meta