diff --git a/kyaml/Makefile b/kyaml/Makefile
index c921aa354..f165cdf2d 100644
--- a/kyaml/Makefile
+++ b/kyaml/Makefile
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ openapi:
 	$(GOPATH)/bin/go-bindata --pkg kubernetesapi -o openapi/kubernetesapi/swagger.go openapi/kubernetesapi/swagger.json
 	$(GOPATH)/bin/go-bindata --pkg kustomizationapi -o openapi/kustomizationapi/swagger.go openapi/kustomizationapi/swagger.json
 
-VERSION="v1.19.1"
+API_VERSION="v1.19.1"
 schema:
 	which $(GOPATH)/bin/kind || GO111MODULE=on go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.9.0
 	which $(GOPATH)/bin/kpt || GO111MODULE=on go get -v github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt
 	cp $(HOME)/.kube/config /tmp/kubeconfig.txt | true
-	$(GOPATH)/bin/kind create cluster --image kindest/node:$(VERSION) --name=getopenapidata
+	$(GOPATH)/bin/kind create cluster --image kindest/node:$(API_VERSION) --name=getopenapidata
 	$(GOPATH)/bin/kpt live  fetch-k8s-schema  --pretty-print > openapi/kubernetesapi/swagger.json
 	$(GOPATH)/bin/kind delete cluster --name=getopenapidata 
 	cp /tmp/kubeconfig.txt $(HOME)/.kube/config | true
diff --git a/kyaml/openapi/README.md b/kyaml/openapi/README.md
index 887a376a6..52920d2bf 100644
--- a/kyaml/openapi/README.md
+++ b/kyaml/openapi/README.md
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ In the [kyaml] directory, fetch the schema
 make schema
 ```
 
-You can specify a specific version with the "VERSION" 
+You can specify a specific version with the "API_VERSION" 
 parameter. The default version is v1.19.1. Here is an
 example for fetching the data for v1.14.1.
 ```
-make schema VERSION=v1.14.1
+make schema API_VERSION=v1.14.1
 ```
 
 This will update the [OpenAPI schema].