diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60e3c776..fee6d615 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ from this directory.
 ## Lib
 The [lib](lib) directory contains a file `utils.nix` which is an attribute set
 meant to consist mainly of utility functions you might want to write and use
-throughout the configuration. They are available via a new `utils` attribute
+throughout the configuration. They are available via a new `usr` attribute
 passed to every NixOS module, eg:
 
 ```
 # hosts/some-host.nix
-{ utils, ... }:
-let data = utils.myFunction # ...
+{ usr, ... }:
+let data = usr.myFunction # ...
 in
 {
   # NixOS configuration
diff --git a/hosts/default.nix b/hosts/default.nix
index f33d8a94..79158172 100644
--- a/hosts/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
     nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem rec {
       system = "x86_64-linux";
 
-      specialArgs = { inherit utils; };
+      specialArgs.usr = utils;
 
       modules = let
         core = ../profiles/core.nix;