diff --git a/lib/fetchers/local.rb b/lib/fetchers/local.rb
index dd1fe88a2..31c9494a6 100644
--- a/lib/fetchers/local.rb
+++ b/lib/fetchers/local.rb
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ module Fetchers
     end
 
     def cache_key
-      archive_shasum.to_s
+      sha256.to_s
     end
 
-    def archive_shasum
+    def sha256
       return nil if File.directory?(@target)
       @archive_shasum ||= Digest::SHA256.hexdigest File.read(@target)
     end
 
     def resolved_source
       h = { path: @target }
-      h[:shasum] = archive_shasum if archive_shasum
+      h[:sha256] = sha256 if sha256
       h
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/fetchers/url.rb b/lib/fetchers/url.rb
index 635984f35..dbe7ee115 100644
--- a/lib/fetchers/url.rb
+++ b/lib/fetchers/url.rb
@@ -85,21 +85,21 @@ module Fetchers
       @archive_path ||= download_archive(path)
     end
 
-    def shasum
-      content = if @archive_path
-                  File.read(@archive_path)
-                else
-                  remote_archive_content
-                end
-      Digest::SHA256.hexdigest content
+    def sha256
+      c = if @archive_path
+            File.read(@archive_path)
+          else
+            content
+          end
+      Digest::SHA256.hexdigest c
     end
 
     def resolved_source
-      @resolved_source ||= { url: @target, shasum: shasum }
+      @resolved_source ||= { url: @target, sha256: sha256 }
     end
 
     def cache_key
-      shasum
+      sha256
     end
 
     def to_s
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module Fetchers
       open(@target, http_opts)
     end
 
-    def remote_archive_content
+    def content
       open_target.read
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/inspec/fetcher.rb b/lib/inspec/fetcher.rb
index c16c526d4..f77a3ba7b 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/fetcher.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Inspec
       end
     end
 
-    NON_FETCHER_KEYS = [:name, :version_constraint, :cwd, :backend, :cache, :shasum].freeze
+    NON_FETCHER_KEYS = [:name, :version_constraint, :cwd, :backend, :cache, :sha256].freeze
     def fetcher_specified?(target)
       # Only set a default for Hash-based (i.e. from
       # inspec.yml/inspec.lock) targets
diff --git a/lib/inspec/profile.rb b/lib/inspec/profile.rb
index c5d3a1300..e6ab9284d 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/profile.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/profile.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Inspec
       end
 
       cache_key = if target.is_a?(Hash)
-                    target[:shasum] || target[:ref] || fetcher.cache_key
+                    target[:sha256] || target[:ref] || fetcher.cache_key
                   else
                     fetcher.cache_key
                   end
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ module Inspec
         cache.prefered_entry_for(cache_key)
       else
         fetcher.fetch(cache.base_path_for(fetcher.cache_key))
-        if target.respond_to?(:key?) && target.key?(:shasum)
-          if fetcher.resolved_source[:shasum] != target[:shasum]
+        if target.respond_to?(:key?) && target.key?(:sha256)
+          if fetcher.resolved_source[:sha256] != target[:sha256]
             fail <<EOF
 The remote source #{fetcher} no longer has the requested content:
 
-Request Content Hash: #{target[:shasum]}
- Actual Content Hash: #{fetcher.resolved_source[:shasum]}
+Request Content Hash: #{target[:sha256]}
+ Actual Content Hash: #{fetcher.resolved_source[:sha256]}
 
 For URL, supermarket, compliance, and other sources that do not
 provide versioned artifacts, this likely means that the remote source
diff --git a/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb b/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb
index 35bd0efc9..ab666cdf2 100644
--- a/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe Fetchers::Url do
       res = fetcher.resolve(url)
       res.expects(:open).returns(mock_open)
       _(res).must_be_kind_of Fetchers::Url
-      _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'http://chef.io/some.tar.gz', shasum: expected_shasum})
+      _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'http://chef.io/some.tar.gz', sha256: expected_shasum})
     end
 
     it 'handles a https url' do
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe Fetchers::Url do
       res = fetcher.resolve(url)
       res.expects(:open).returns(mock_open)
       _(res).must_be_kind_of Fetchers::Url
-      _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'https://chef.io/some.tar.gz', shasum: expected_shasum})
+      _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'https://chef.io/some.tar.gz', sha256: expected_shasum})
 
     end
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe Fetchers::Url do
         res = fetcher.resolve(github)
         res.expects(:open).returns(mock_open)
         _(res).wont_be_nil
-        _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'https://github.com/chef/inspec/archive/master.tar.gz', shasum: expected_shasum})
+        _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'https://github.com/chef/inspec/archive/master.tar.gz', sha256: expected_shasum})
       end
     end
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe Fetchers::Url do
       res = fetcher.resolve(github)
       res.expects(:open).returns(mock_open)
       _(res).wont_be_nil
-      _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'https://github.com/hardening-io/tests-os-hardening/archive/2.0.tar.gz', shasum: expected_shasum})
+      _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'https://github.com/hardening-io/tests-os-hardening/archive/2.0.tar.gz', sha256: expected_shasum})
     end
 
     it "resolves a github commit url" do
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe Fetchers::Url do
       res.expects(:open).returns(mock_open)
       _(res).wont_be_nil
       _(res.resolved_source).must_equal({url: 'https://github.com/hardening-io/tests-os-hardening/archive/48bd4388ddffde68badd83aefa654e7af3231876.tar.gz',
-                                         shasum: expected_shasum})
+                                         sha256: expected_shasum})
     end
   end