diff --git a/awx/main/models/credential.py b/awx/main/models/credential.py
index c8cb331587..2fa90ceb41 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/credential.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/credential.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Credential(PasswordFieldsModel, CommonModelNameNotUnique):
         ('scm',    _('Source Control')),
         ('aws',    _('Amazon Web Services')),
         ('rax',    _('Rackspace')),
-        ('vmware', _('VMware')),
+        ('vmware', _('VMware vCenter')),
         ('gce',    _('Google Compute Engine')),
         ('azure',  _('Microsoft Azure')),
     ]
diff --git a/awx/main/models/inventory.py b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
index e8151fd6a5..9852eb9c0c 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/inventory.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ class InventorySourceOptions(BaseModel):
         ('ec2',    _('Amazon EC2')),
         ('gce',    _('Google Compute Engine')),
         ('azure',  _('Microsoft Azure')),
-        ('vmware', _('VMware')),
+        ('vmware', _('VMware vCenter')),
     ]
 
     class Meta: