rename cipher to algorithm within the Cipher object

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/ciphers/algorithms.py b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/ciphers/algorithms.py
index 0b11e466..56dca216 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/ciphers/algorithms.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/ciphers/algorithms.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import interfaces
 
 
 class Cipher(object):
-    def __init__(self, cipher, mode, backend=None):
+    def __init__(self, algorithm, mode, backend=None):
         super(Cipher, self).__init__()
 
         if backend is None:
@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@ class Cipher(object):
                 _default_backend as backend,
             )
 
-        self.cipher = cipher
+        self.algorithm = algorithm
         self.mode = mode
         self._backend = backend
 
     def encryptor(self):
         return _CipherContext(
-            self._backend.ciphers.create_encrypt_ctx(self.cipher, self.mode))
+            self._backend.ciphers.create_encrypt_ctx(self.algorithm,
+                                                     self.mode))
 
     def decryptor(self):
         return _CipherContext(
-            self._backend.ciphers.create_decrypt_ctx(self.cipher, self.mode))
+            self._backend.ciphers.create_decrypt_ctx(self.algorithm,
+                                                     self.mode))
 
 
 @interfaces.register(interfaces.CipherContext)