diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71e6621..9e3ff6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ For more information, refer to [variables.tf](variables.tf), list of inputs belo
 | <a name="input_comment"></a> [comment](#input\_comment) | Specifies a comment for the stage | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_context"></a> [context](#input\_context) | Single object for setting entire context at once.<br>See description of individual variables for details.<br>Leave string and numeric variables as `null` to use default value.<br>Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object,<br>except for attributes, tags, and additional\_tag\_map, which are merged. | `any` | <pre>{<br>  "additional_tag_map": {},<br>  "attributes": [],<br>  "delimiter": null,<br>  "descriptor_formats": {},<br>  "enabled": true,<br>  "environment": null,<br>  "id_length_limit": null,<br>  "label_key_case": null,<br>  "label_order": [],<br>  "label_value_case": null,<br>  "labels_as_tags": [<br>    "unset"<br>  ],<br>  "name": null,<br>  "namespace": null,<br>  "regex_replace_chars": null,<br>  "stage": null,<br>  "tags": {},<br>  "tenant": null<br>}</pre> | no |
 | <a name="input_copy_options"></a> [copy\_options](#input\_copy\_options) | Specifies the copy options for the stage | `string` | `null` | no |
-| <a name="input_create_default_database_roles"></a> [create\_default\_database\_roles](#input\_create\_default\_database\_roles) | Whether the default database roles should be created | `bool` | `false` | no |
+| <a name="input_create_default_roles"></a> [create\_default\_roles](#input\_create\_default\_roles) | Whether the default database roles should be created | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_credentials"></a> [credentials](#input\_credentials) | Specifies the credentials for the stage | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_database"></a> [database](#input\_database) | The database in which to create the stage | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_delimiter"></a> [delimiter](#input\_delimiter) | Delimiter to be used between ID elements.<br>Defaults to `-` (hyphen). Set to `""` to use no delimiter at all. | `string` | `null` | no |
diff --git a/examples/complete/main.tf b/examples/complete/main.tf
index 19af777..3b31688 100644
--- a/examples/complete/main.tf
+++ b/examples/complete/main.tf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module "internal_stage" {
 
   comment = "This is my ingest stage"
 
-  create_default_database_roles = true
+  create_default_roles = true
 
   roles = {
     readonly = { # Modifies readonly default database role
diff --git a/locals.tf b/locals.tf
index eaf792a..3f2948d 100644
--- a/locals.tf
+++ b/locals.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ locals {
 
   is_internal = var.url == null
 
-  default_roles_definition = var.create_default_database_roles ? {
+  default_roles_definition = var.create_default_roles ? {
     readonly = {
       enabled      = true
       stage_grants = local.is_internal ? ["READ"] : ["USAGE"]
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 964e76d..237bd97 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ variable "url" {
   default     = null
 }
 
-variable "create_default_database_roles" {
+variable "create_default_roles" {
   description = "Whether the default database roles should be created"
   type        = bool
   default     = false