diff --git a/tconfpy.3 b/tconfpy.3
index 8664bc0..8c3aa2d 100644
--- a/tconfpy.3
+++ b/tconfpy.3
@@ -1471,9 +1471,9 @@
 
     .OSRELEASE     -  The version of the operating system in use.
 
-    .OSTYPE        -  Generic type of the operating system in use.
+    .OSTYPE        -  Generic name of the operating system in use.
 
-    .PLATFORM      -  Generic name of the operating system in use. 
+    .PLATFORM      -  Generic type of the operating system in use. 
 
     .PYTHONVERSION -  The version of Python in use.
 .fi
diff --git a/tconfpy.py b/tconfpy.py
index dcf26ed..d35ca9a 100755
--- a/tconfpy.py
+++ b/tconfpy.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Program Information
 
 PROGNAME = "tconfpy"
-RCSID = "$Id: tconfpy.py,v 1.180 2004/04/17 19:09:53 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID = "$Id: tconfpy.py,v 1.181 2004/04/24 19:08:28 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION = RCSID.split()[2]
 
 # Copyright Information
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
                  PREDEFINTRO + "OSDETAILS"     : platform.platform(),
                  PREDEFINTRO + "OSNAME"        : platform.system(),
                  PREDEFINTRO + "OSRELEASE"     : platform.release(),
-                 PREDEFINTRO + "OSTYPE"        : os.name,
-                 PREDEFINTRO + "PLATFORM"      : sysplat,
+                 PREDEFINTRO + "OSTYPE"        : sysplat,
+                 PREDEFINTRO + "PLATFORM"      : os.name,
                  PREDEFINTRO + "PYTHONVERSION" : platform.python_version()
                 }