diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5b0627469c..8437e27434 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ strategy” of deploying assets to S3 and `index.html` to a Redis server. You ca
 deploy from your own machine too. First, update your `.env` file with the following variables:
 
 ```
-AWS_KEY=key
-AWS_SECRET=secret
+TRAVIS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=key
+TRAVIS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret
 ```
 Then run:
 
diff --git a/config/deploy.js b/config/deploy.js
index c98c35164c..380cf6b16e 100644
--- a/config/deploy.js
+++ b/config/deploy.js
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ module.exports = function (deployTarget) {
     },
     s3: {
       region: 'eu-west-1',
-      accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_KEY,
-      secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET
+      accessKeyId: process.env.TRAVIS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+      secretAccessKey: process.env.TRAVIS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     }
   };