diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/nova_flavor/openstack.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/nova_flavor/openstack.rb
index 8a51d0c27..d8b642156 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/nova_flavor/openstack.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/nova_flavor/openstack.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:nova_flavor).provide(
         :disk         => attrs[:disk],
         :ephemeral    => attrs[:ephemeral],
         :vcpus        => attrs[:vcpus],
-        :is_public    => attrs[:is_public].downcase.chomp == 'true'? true : false,
+        :is_public    => attrs[:is_public].downcase.chomp == 'true'? :true : :false,
         :swap         => attrs[:swap],
         :rxtx_factor  => attrs[:rxtx_factor],
         :properties   => properties,
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/nova_flavor.rb b/lib/puppet/type/nova_flavor.rb
index 5155d5bac..42bfb5592 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/nova_flavor.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/nova_flavor.rb
@@ -82,35 +82,35 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:nova_flavor) do
     end
   end
 
-  newparam(:id) do
+  newproperty(:id) do
     desc 'Unique ID (integer or UUID) for the flavor.'
   end
 
-  newparam(:ram) do
+  newproperty(:ram) do
     desc 'Amount of RAM to use (in megabytes).'
   end
 
-  newparam(:disk) do
+  newproperty(:disk) do
     desc 'Amount of disk space (in gigabytes) to use for the root (/) partition.'
   end
 
-  newparam(:vcpus) do
+  newproperty(:vcpus) do
     desc 'Number of virtual CPUs to use.'
   end
 
-  newparam(:ephemeral) do
+  newproperty(:ephemeral) do
     desc 'Amount of disk space (in gigabytes) to use for the ephemeral partition.'
   end
 
-  newparam(:swap) do
+  newproperty(:swap) do
     desc 'Amount of swap space (in megabytes) to use.'
   end
 
-  newparam(:rxtx_factor) do
+  newproperty(:rxtx_factor) do
     desc 'The slice of bandwidth that the instances with this flavor can use (through the Virtual Interface (vif) creation in the hypervisor)'
   end
 
-  newparam(:is_public) do
+  newproperty(:is_public) do
     desc "Whether the flavor is public or not. Default true"
     newvalues(/(y|Y)es/, /(n|N)o/, /(t|T)rue/, /(f|F)alse/, true, false)
     defaultto(true)
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/nova_flavor/openstack_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/nova_flavor/openstack_spec.rb
index 243bc77b0..413e69763 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/nova_flavor/openstack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/nova_flavor/openstack_spec.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ domain_id="domain_one_id"
         expect(instances[0].disk).to eq('2')
         expect(instances[0].ephemeral).to eq('0')
         expect(instances[0].vcpus).to eq('1')
-        expect(instances[0].is_public).to eq(true)
+        expect(instances[0].is_public).to eq(:true)
         expect(instances[0].swap).to eq('0')
         expect(instances[0].rxtx_factor).to eq('1.0')
         expect(instances[0].properties).to eq({})
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ domain_id="domain_one_id"
         expect(instances[1].disk).to eq('2')
         expect(instances[1].ephemeral).to eq('0')
         expect(instances[1].vcpus).to eq('1')
-        expect(instances[1].is_public).to eq(false)
+        expect(instances[1].is_public).to eq(:false)
         expect(instances[1].swap).to eq('0')
         expect(instances[1].rxtx_factor).to eq('1.0')
         expect(instances[1].properties).to eq({'key1' => 'val1', 'key2' => 'val2'})