diff --git a/descriptor-packages/tools/generate_descriptor_pkg.sh b/descriptor-packages/tools/generate_descriptor_pkg.sh
index 1a30cf1..336cd8f 100755
--- a/descriptor-packages/tools/generate_descriptor_pkg.sh
+++ b/descriptor-packages/tools/generate_descriptor_pkg.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 ARCHIVE=false
 CREATE_NSD=false
 VENDOR='OSM'
-INTF_TYPE='VIRTIO'
+INTF_TYPE='PARAVIRT'
 VCPU=2
 MEMORY=4096
 STORAGE=10
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
 
             --vendor : Vendor name for descriptor. Default OSM
 
-            --interface-type : Interface type [VIRTIO|SR-IOV|PCI-PASSTHROUGH|E1000]
-                               Default VIRTIO
+            --interface-type : Interface type [PARAVIRT|SR-IOV|PCI-PASSTHROUGH|E1000]
+                               Default PARAVIRT
 
           VM Flavour options:
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 CP_TYPE='VPORT'
 function get_cp_type() {
     case ${INTF_TYPE} in
-        VIRTIO ) CP_TYPE='VPORT';;
+        PARAVIRT ) CP_TYPE='VPORT';;
         SR-IOV ) CP_TYPE='VPORT';;
         PCI-PASSTHROUGH ) CP_TYPE='VPORT';;
         OM-MGMT ) CP_TYPE='VPORT';;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
             -   name: eth0
                 type: EXTERNAL
                 virtual-interface:
-                    type: VIRTIO
+                    type: PARAVIRT
                 external-connection-point-ref: vnf-cp0
 EOF
 
diff --git a/descriptor-packages/tools/validate_descriptor.py b/descriptor-packages/tools/validate_descriptor.py
index 010ba16..4d5f0e1 100755
--- a/descriptor-packages/tools/validate_descriptor.py
+++ b/descriptor-packages/tools/validate_descriptor.py
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@
                     for external_interface in external_interface_list:
                         if external_interface.get("virtual-interface", {}).get("type") == "OM-MGMT":
                             raise KeyError(
-                                "Wrong 'Virtual-interface type': Deprecated 'OM-MGMT' value. Please, use 'VIRTIO' instead")
+                                "Wrong 'Virtual-interface type': Deprecated 'OM-MGMT' value. Please, use 'PARAVIRT' instead")
                     interface_list = vdu.pop("interface", ())
                     for interface in interface_list:
                         if interface.get("virtual-interface", {}).get("type") == "OM-MGMT":
                             raise KeyError(
-                                "Wrong 'Virtual-interface type': Deprecated 'OM-MGMT' value. Please, use 'VIRTIO' instead")
+                                "Wrong 'Virtual-interface type': Deprecated 'OM-MGMT' value. Please, use 'PARAVIRT' instead")
                 if vnfd.get("mgmt-interface"):
                     mgmt_iface = True
                     if vnfd["mgmt-interface"].get("vdu-id"):