diff --git a/src/nix/profile.cc b/src/nix/profile.cc
index a8ff9c78a..da990ddc8 100644
--- a/src/nix/profile.cc
+++ b/src/nix/profile.cc
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ struct ProfileManifest
                     element.storePaths.insert(state.store->parseStorePath((std::string) p));
                 element.active = e["active"];
                 if (e.value("uri", "") != "") {
+                    auto originalUrl = e.value("originalUrl", e["originalUri"]);
                     element.source = ProfileElementSource{
-                        parseFlakeRef(e["originalUri"]),
+                        parseFlakeRef(originalUrl),
                         parseFlakeRef(e["uri"]),
                         e["attrPath"]
                     };
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ struct ProfileManifest
             obj["storePaths"] = paths;
             obj["active"] = element.active;
             if (element.source) {
-                obj["originalUri"] = element.source->originalRef.to_string();
+                obj["originalUrl"] = element.source->originalRef.to_string();
                 obj["uri"] = element.source->resolvedRef.to_string();
                 obj["attrPath"] = element.source->attrPath;
             }
diff --git a/src/nix/profile.md b/src/nix/profile.md
index 0a4ff2fa9..8dade051d 100644
--- a/src/nix/profile.md
+++ b/src/nix/profile.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ are installed in this version of the profile. It looks like this:
     {
       "active": true,
       "attrPath": "legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.zoom-us",
-      "originalUri": "flake:nixpkgs",
+      "originalUrl": "flake:nixpkgs",
       "storePaths": [
         "/nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927"
       ],
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ are installed in this version of the profile. It looks like this:
 Each object in the array `elements` denotes an installed package and
 has the following fields:
 
-* `originalUri`: The [flake reference](./nix3-flake.md) specified by
+* `originalUrl`: The [flake reference](./nix3-flake.md) specified by
   the user at the time of installation (e.g. `nixpkgs`). This is also
   the flake reference that will be used by `nix profile upgrade`.
 
-* `uri`: The immutable flake reference to which `originalUri`
+* `uri`: The immutable flake reference to which `originalUrl`
   resolved.
 
 * `attrPath`: The flake output attribute that provided this