diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5125de360b8..2e90e788faa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ scripts/word2md.js
 scripts/buildProtocol.js
 scripts/ior.js
 scripts/authors.js
-scripts/configureNightly.js
+scripts/configurePrerelease.js
 scripts/processDiagnosticMessages.d.ts
 scripts/processDiagnosticMessages.js
 scripts/importDefinitelyTypedTests/importDefinitelyTypedTests.js
diff --git a/Jakefile.js b/Jakefile.js
index 54b7e3af94d..e8ba3f53de3 100644
--- a/Jakefile.js
+++ b/Jakefile.js
@@ -556,16 +556,16 @@ desc("Generates a diagnostic file in TypeScript based on an input JSON file");
 task("generate-diagnostics", [diagnosticInfoMapTs]);
 
 // Publish nightly
-var configureNightlyJs = path.join(scriptsDirectory, "configureNightly.js");
-var configureNightlyTs = path.join(scriptsDirectory, "configureNightly.ts");
+var configurePrereleaseJs = path.join(scriptsDirectory, "configurePrerelease.js");
+var configurePrereleaseTs = path.join(scriptsDirectory, "configurePrerelease.ts");
 var packageJson = "package.json";
 var versionFile = path.join(compilerDirectory, "core.ts");
 
-file(configureNightlyTs);
+file(configurePrereleaseTs);
 
-compileFile(/*outfile*/configureNightlyJs,
-            /*sources*/[configureNightlyTs],
-            /*prereqs*/[configureNightlyTs],
+compileFile(/*outfile*/configurePrereleaseJs,
+            /*sources*/[configurePrereleaseTs],
+            /*prereqs*/[configurePrereleaseTs],
             /*prefixes*/[],
             /*useBuiltCompiler*/ false,
     { noOutFile: false, generateDeclarations: false, keepComments: false, noResolve: false, stripInternal: false });
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ task("setDebugMode", function () {
     useDebugMode = true;
 });
 
-task("configure-nightly", [configureNightlyJs], function () {
-    var cmd = host + " " + configureNightlyJs + " dev " + packageJson + " " + versionFile;
+task("configure-nightly", [configurePrereleaseJs], function () {
+    var cmd = host + " " + configurePrereleaseJs + " dev " + packageJson + " " + versionFile;
     console.log(cmd);
     exec(cmd);
 }, { async: true });
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ task("publish-nightly", ["configure-nightly", "LKG", "clean", "setDebugMode", "r
     exec(cmd);
 });
 
-task("configure-insiders", [configureNightlyJs], function () {
-    var cmd = host + " " + configureNightlyJs + " insiders " + packageJson + " " + versionFile;
+task("configure-insiders", [configurePrereleaseJs], function () {
+    var cmd = host + " " + configurePrereleaseJs + " insiders " + packageJson + " " + versionFile;
     console.log(cmd);
     exec(cmd);
 }, { async: true });
diff --git a/scripts/configureNightly.ts b/scripts/configurePrerelease.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/configureNightly.ts
rename to scripts/configurePrerelease.ts