diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 16f0cdd55..23dd8befb 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ mrproper: maintainer-clean
 
 tcl:
 	cd src && $(MAKE) tcl
-tcl_install:
-	cd src && $(MAKE) tcl_install
+install-tcl:
+	cd src && $(MAKE) install-tcl
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 7482a47a5..1849124d6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ pkgIndex.tcl: pkgIndex.tcl.in
 	sed -e 's;%LIB_DIR%;$(TCL_PKG_PATH);g' pkgIndex.tcl.in | \
 	sed -e 's;%VERSION%;$(TCLSPICE_VERSION);g' > pkgIndex.tcl
 
-tcl_install: tcl-install-recursive install-tclspice
+install-tcl: install-tcl-recursive install-tclspice
 
-tcl-install-recursive:
+install-tcl-recursive:
 	list='$(SUBDIRS)'; for subdir in $$list; do \
 	  echo "Making $$target in $$subdir"; \
 	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install) \
diff --git a/src/tcl/README b/src/tcl/README
index a471ab4b8..6e1cc3858 100755
--- a/src/tcl/README
+++ b/src/tcl/README
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Installation:
 		./configure --enable-tcl --enable-experimental --enable-xspice --disable-shared
 		make tcl
 	    And as root:
-		make tcl_install
+		make install-tcl
 
 USAGE