diff --git a/src/router.js b/src/router.js
index 2e550a10..ccbb33f1 100644
--- a/src/router.js
+++ b/src/router.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export class Router {
     }
 
     this.isExplicitNavigation = true;
-    return this.history.navigate(_resolveUrl(fragment, this.baseUrl, this.history._hasPushState), options);
+    return this.history.navigate(_resolveUrl(fragment, this.baseUrl, this.history._usePushState), options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export class Router {
     }
 
     let path = this._recognizer.generate(name, params);
-    let rootedPath = _createRootedPath(path, this.baseUrl, this.history._hasPushState, options.absolute);
+    let rootedPath = _createRootedPath(path, this.baseUrl, this.history._usePushState, options.absolute);
     return options.absolute ? `${this.history.getAbsoluteRoot()}${rootedPath}` : rootedPath;
   }
 
@@ -371,9 +371,9 @@ export class Router {
     for (let i = 0, length = nav.length; i < length; i++) {
       let current = nav[i];
       if (!current.config.href) {
-        current.href = _createRootedPath(current.relativeHref, this.baseUrl, this.history._hasPushState);
+        current.href = _createRootedPath(current.relativeHref, this.baseUrl, this.history._usePushState);
       } else {
-        current.href = _normalizeAbsolutePath(current.config.href, this.history._hasPushState);
+        current.href = _normalizeAbsolutePath(current.config.href, this.history._usePushState);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 6308932c..9446f76f 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-export function _normalizeAbsolutePath(path, hasPushState, absolute = false) {
-  if (!hasPushState && path[0] !== '#') {
+export function _normalizeAbsolutePath(path, usePushState, absolute = false) {
+  if (!usePushState && path[0] !== '#') {
     path = '#' + path;
   }
 
-  if (hasPushState && absolute) {
+  if (usePushState && absolute) {
     path = path.substring(1, path.length);
   }
 
   return path;
 }
 
-export function _createRootedPath(fragment, baseUrl, hasPushState, absolute) {
+export function _createRootedPath(fragment, baseUrl, usePushState, absolute) {
   if (isAbsoluteUrl.test(fragment)) {
     return fragment;
   }
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ export function _createRootedPath(fragment, baseUrl, hasPushState, absolute) {
     path = path.substring(0, path.length - 1);
   }
 
-  return _normalizeAbsolutePath(path + fragment, hasPushState, absolute);
+  return _normalizeAbsolutePath(path + fragment, usePushState, absolute);
 }
 
-export function _resolveUrl(fragment, baseUrl, hasPushState) {
+export function _resolveUrl(fragment, baseUrl, usePushState) {
   if (isRootedPath.test(fragment)) {
-    return _normalizeAbsolutePath(fragment, hasPushState);
+    return _normalizeAbsolutePath(fragment, usePushState);
   }
 
-  return _createRootedPath(fragment, baseUrl, hasPushState);
+  return _createRootedPath(fragment, baseUrl, usePushState);
 }
 
 const isRootedPath = /^#?\//;
diff --git a/test/router.spec.js b/test/router.spec.js
index e61c6369..291eb757 100644
--- a/test/router.spec.js
+++ b/test/router.spec.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('the router', () => {
         expect(child.generate('parent')).toBe('#/parent');
         expect(child.generate('child')).toBe('#/child-router/child');
 
-        router.history._hasPushState = true;
+        router.history._usePushState = true;
 
         expect(router.generate('parent')).toBe('/parent');
         expect(child.generate('parent')).toBe('/parent');
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('the router', () => {
         .then(() => {
           expect(child.generate('test', { id: 1 }, options)).toBe(`${absoluteRoot}#/test/1`);
 
-          router.history._hasPushState = true;
+          router.history._usePushState = true;
 
           expect(child.generate('test', { id: 1 }, options)).toBe(`${absoluteRoot}test/1`);