diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
index a0aed73a54..e20dd21326 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def tower_auth_config(module):
         password = module.params.pop('tower_password', None)
         if password:
             auth_config['password'] = password
-        verify_ssl = module.params.pop('tower_verify_ssl', None)
+        verify_ssl = module.params.pop('validate_certs', None)
         if verify_ssl is not None:
             auth_config['verify_ssl'] = verify_ssl
         return auth_config
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class TowerModule(AnsibleModule):
             tower_host=dict(),
             tower_username=dict(),
             tower_password=dict(no_log=True),
-            tower_verify_ssl=dict(type='bool'),
+            validate_certs=dict(type='bool', aliases=['tower_verify_ssl']),
             tower_config_file=dict(type='path'),
         )
         args.update(argument_spec)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class TowerModule(AnsibleModule):
             ('tower_config_file', 'tower_host'),
             ('tower_config_file', 'tower_username'),
             ('tower_config_file', 'tower_password'),
-            ('tower_config_file', 'tower_verify_ssl'),
+            ('tower_config_file', 'validate_certs'),
         ))
 
         super(TowerModule, self).__init__(argument_spec=args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_credential_type.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_credential_type.py
index 12b75a4029..831a35ad3f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_credential_type.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_credential_type.py
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ options:
       required: False
       default: "present"
       choices: ["present", "absent"]
-    tower_verify_ssl:
+    validate_certs:
       description:
         - Tower option to avoid certificates check.
       required: False
       type: bool
+      aliases: [ tower_verify_ssl ]
 extends_documentation_fragment: tower
 '''
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     inputs: "{{ lookup('file', 'tower_credential_inputs_nexus.json') }}"
     injectors: {'extra_vars': {'nexus_credential': 'test' }}
     state: present
-    tower_verify_ssl: false
+    validate_certs: false
 
 - tower_credential_type:
     name: Nexus
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_inventory_source.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_inventory_source.py
index 48a1e9ce1d..9aec7a8b95 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_inventory_source.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_inventory_source.py
@@ -138,10 +138,11 @@ options:
         - Desired state of the resource.
       default: "present"
       choices: ["present", "absent"]
-    tower_verify_ssl:
+    validate_certs:
       description:
         - Tower option to avoid certificates check.
       type: bool
+      aliases: [ tower_verify_ssl ]
 extends_documentation_fragment: tower
 '''
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     overwrite: true
     source_vars: '{ private: false }'
     state: present
-    tower_verify_ssl: false
+    validate_certs: false
 '''
 
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/tower.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/tower.py
index f77368f7e4..76eb7eb67b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/tower.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/tower.py
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             env:
                 - name: TOWER_INVENTORY
             required: True
-        verify_ssl:
+        validate_certs:
             description: Specify whether Ansible should verify the SSL certificate of Ansible Tower host.
             type: bool
             default: True
             env:
                 - name: TOWER_VERIFY_SSL
             required: False
+            aliases: [ verify_ssl ]
         include_metadata:
             description: Make extra requests to provide all group vars with metadata about the source Ansible Tower host.
             type: bool
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         request_handler = Request(url_username=self.get_option('username'),
                                   url_password=self.get_option('password'),
                                   force_basic_auth=True,
-                                  validate_certs=self.get_option('verify_ssl'))
+                                  validate_certs=self.get_option('validate_certs'))
 
         inventory_id = self.get_option('inventory_id').replace('/', '')
         inventory_url = '/api/v2/inventories/{inv_id}/script/?hostvars=1&towervars=1&all=1'.format(inv_id=inventory_id)