diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/admin/pgadmin.nix b/nixos/modules/services/admin/pgadmin.nix
index fb7b65171aad..09a9b2714e34 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/admin/pgadmin.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/admin/pgadmin.nix
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ in
     initialPasswordFile = mkOption {
       description = lib.mdDoc ''
         Initial password file for the pgAdmin account. Minimum length by default is 6.
-        Please see services.pgadmin.passwordLength.
+        Please see `services.pgadmin.minimumPasswordLength`.
         NOTE: Should be string not a store path, to prevent the password from being world readable
       '';
       type = types.path;
     };
 
-    passwordLength = mkOption {
+    minimumPasswordLength = mkOption {
       description = lib.mdDoc "Minimum length of the password";
       type = types.int;
       default = 6;
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ in
 
     services.pgadmin.settings = {
       DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT = cfg.port;
-      PASSWORD_LENGTH_MIN = cfg.passwordLength;
+      PASSWORD_LENGTH_MIN = cfg.minimumPasswordLength;
       SERVER_MODE = true;
     } // (optionalAttrs cfg.openFirewall {
       DEFAULT_SERVER = mkDefault "::";
@@ -151,9 +151,8 @@ in
         # and presenting a hard to find error message
         # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/270624
         PW_LENGTH=$(wc -m < ${escapeShellArg cfg.initialPasswordFile})
-        if [ $PW_LENGTH -lt ${toString cfg.passwordLength} ]
-          then
-            echo "Password must be at least ${toString cfg.passwordLength} characters long"
+        if [ $PW_LENGTH -lt ${toString cfg.minimumPasswordLength} ]; then
+            echo "Password must be at least ${toString cfg.minimumPasswordLength} characters long"
             exit 1
         fi
         (
diff --git a/nixos/tests/pgadmin4.nix b/nixos/tests/pgadmin4.nix
index 873e40d3939a..407e4592ef5f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/pgadmin4.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/pgadmin4.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
         enable = true;
         initialEmail = "bruh@localhost.de";
         initialPasswordFile = pkgs.writeText "pw" "bruh2012!";
-        passwordLength = 12;
+        minimumPasswordLength = 12;
       };
     };
   };