--- a/dracut-initramfs-restore.sh
+++ b/dracut-initramfs-restore.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 if [[ $MACHINE_ID ]] && [[ -d /boot/${MACHINE_ID} || -L /boot/${MACHINE_ID} ]] ; then
     IMG="/boot/${MACHINE_ID}/${KERNEL_VERSION}/initrd"
 fi
-[[ -f $IMG ]] || IMG="/boot/initramfs-${KERNEL_VERSION}.img"
+[[ -f $IMG ]] || IMG="/boot/initrd.img-${KERNEL_VERSION}"

 cd /run/initramfs

--- a/dracut.8.asc
+++ b/dracut.8.asc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 Create an initramfs <image> for the kernel with the version <kernel version>.
 If <kernel version> is omitted, then the version of the actual running
 kernel is used. If <image> is omitted or empty, then the default location
-/boot/initramfs-<kernel version>.img is used.
+/boot/initrd.img-<kernel version> is used.

 dracut creates an initial image used by the kernel for preloading the block
 device modules (such as IDE, SCSI or RAID) which are needed to access the root
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -836,11 +836,11 @@
         outfile="$dracutsysrootdir$efidir/Linux/linux-$kernel${MACHINE_ID:+-${MACHINE_ID}}${BUILD_ID:+-${BUILD_ID}}.efi"
     else
         if [[ -e "$dracutsysrootdir/boot/vmlinuz-$kernel" ]]; then
-            outfile="/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img"
+            outfile="/boot/initrd.img-$kernel"
         elif [[ $MACHINE_ID ]] && ( [[ -d $dracutsysrootdir/boot/${MACHINE_ID} ]] || [[ -L $dracutsysrootdir/boot/${MACHINE_ID} ]] ); then
             outfile="$dracutsysrootdir/boot/${MACHINE_ID}/$kernel/initrd"
         else
-            outfile="$dracutsysrootdir/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img"
+            outfile="$dracutsysrootdir/boot/initrd.img-$kernel"
         fi
     fi
 fi
--- a/dracut.usage.asc
+++ b/dracut.usage.asc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

 This will generate a general purpose initramfs image, with all possible
 functionality resulting of the combination of the installed dracut modules and
-system tools. The image is /boot/initramfs-_++<kernel version>++_.img and
+system tools. The image is /boot/initrd.img-_++<kernel version>++_ and
 contains the kernel modules of the currently active kernel with version
 _++<kernel version>++_.

--- a/lsinitrd.1.asc
+++ b/lsinitrd.1.asc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 -----------
 lsinitrd shows the contents of an initramfs image. if <image> is omitted, then
 lsinitrd uses the default image _/boot/<machine-id>/<kernel-version>/initrd_ or
-_/boot/initramfs-<kernel-version>.img_.
+_/boot/initrd.img-<kernel-version>.

 OPTIONS
 -------
--- a/lsinitrd.sh
+++ b/lsinitrd.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         && [[ -d /boot/${MACHINE_ID} || -L /boot/${MACHINE_ID} ]] ; then
         image="/boot/${MACHINE_ID}/${KERNEL_VERSION}/initrd"
     else
-        image="/boot/initramfs-${KERNEL_VERSION}.img"
+        image="/boot/initrd.img-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
     fi
 fi

--- a/mkinitrd-dracut.sh
+++ b/mkinitrd-dracut.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     $cmd "       [--nocompress]"
     $cmd "       <initrd-image> <kernel-version>"
     $cmd ""
-    $cmd "       (ex: ${0##*/} /boot/initramfs-$kver.img $kver)"
+    $cmd "       (ex: ${0##*/} /boot/initrd.img-$kver $kver)"

     [[ $1 = '-n' ]] && exit 0
     exit 1
--- a/test/TEST-16-DMSQUASH/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-16-DMSQUASH/test.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         done
         inst_simple /etc/os-release
         inst ./test-init.sh /sbin/init
-        inst "$TESTDIR"/initramfs.testing "/boot/initramfs-$KVERSION.img"
+        inst "$TESTDIR"/initramfs.testing "/boot/initrd.img-$KVERSION"
         [[ -f /etc/machine-id ]] && read MACHINE_ID < /etc/machine-id

         VMLINUZ="/lib/modules/${KVERSION}/vmlinuz"