diff --git a/bin/is b/bin/is
index e43f496d5b2c2c1153175708ceae207b6e2afc92..0890c48ab9f8dd52137dcefe7bda7fa5a07fe3fb 100755
--- a/bin/is
+++ b/bin/is
@@ -456,12 +456,12 @@ def c_unprepare_chroot(args):
     '''
     istools.unprepare_chroot(args.path, mount=not args.no_umount)
 
-def c_upgrade_db(args):
+def c_upgrade(args):
     '''
-    Upgrade repository's database to the current database version
+    Upgrade repository's to the last version
     '''
     repoman = load_repositories(args)
-    repoman[args.repository].upgrade_db()
+    repoman[args.repository].upgrade()
 
 def c_version(args):
     '''
@@ -747,10 +747,10 @@ def arg_parser_init():
     p.add_argument("path")
     p.set_defaults(func=c_unprepare_chroot)
     # upgrade_db command parser
-    p = subparser.add_parser("upgrade_db",
-                             help=c_upgrade_db.__doc__.lower())
+    p = subparser.add_parser("upgrade",
+                             help=c_upgrade.__doc__.lower())
     p.add_argument("repository", help="repository to upgrade")
-    p.set_defaults(func=c_upgrade_db)
+    p.set_defaults(func=c_upgrade)
     # version command parser
     p = subparser.add_parser("version", help=c_version.__doc__.lower())
     p.set_defaults(func=c_version)
diff --git a/completion/bash/is b/completion/bash/is
index 34fef885e4a519f5eb4fcb09c73c94ff200a00ac..70cda20c6ab8af9440bde6e791f68c452c38de8a 100644
--- a/completion/bash/is
+++ b/completion/bash/is
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ _is() {
          [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help -m --no-mount' && return 0
          _filedir -d
       ;;
-      upgrade_db)
+      upgrade)
          [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help' && return 0
          _count_args
          (( args == 2 )) && _local_repo
diff --git a/completion/zsh/_installsystems b/completion/zsh/_installsystems
index c992a120829a84d3edee590c23592b506bcffa40..968470127c19b225f4648ceb1e02b4064d12386f 100644
--- a/completion/zsh/_installsystems
+++ b/completion/zsh/_installsystems
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ _is() {
                         '1:path:_files -/'
                         )
                         ;;
-                     (upgrade_db)
+                     (upgrade)
                         args+=(
                         '1:repo:_installsystems_local_repo'
                         )
diff --git a/doc/is.1.rst b/doc/is.1.rst
index 138427f485c3773e173d269701bbebc32eccc6f4..cd908f6a52e283a43f3ecfcbd3833be18a4c5d20 100644
--- a/doc/is.1.rst
+++ b/doc/is.1.rst
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ unprepare_chroot [-h] [-m] *path*
         disable unmouting of /{proc,dev,sys}
 
 
-upgrade_db [-h] *repository*
-    Upgrade repository's database to the current database version
+upgrade [-h] *repository*
+    Upgrade repository's to the last version
 
 
 version [-h]
diff --git a/installsystems/repository.py b/installsystems/repository.py
index d9a76de174905425445613a0d542c28a130bdf0c..368cab7ecbb8d4e37fe322aba318d35316c6cc8a 100644
--- a/installsystems/repository.py
+++ b/installsystems/repository.py
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ class Repository(object):
         because repository is not initialized
         '''
         config = object.__getattribute__(self, "config")
-        # config, init, local and upgrade_db are always accessible
-        if name in ("init", "config", "local", "upgrade_db"):
+        # config, init, local and upgrade are always accessible
+        if name in ("init", "config", "local", "upgrade"):
             return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
         # if no db (not init or not accessible) raise error
         if config.offline:
@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ class Repository(object):
                         (a[0],)).fetchall()
         return [ a[0] ] + [ x[0] for x in b ]
 
-    def upgrade_db(self):
+    def upgrade(self):
         if self.version == Database.version:
-            info("Database already up-to-date (%s)" % self.version)
+            info("Repository already up-to-date (%s)" % self.version)
             return
         else:
             arrow("Start repository upgrade")