diff --git a/src/core/snmp/msg_in.c b/src/core/snmp/msg_in.c
index 90f1b1ba..a66fda80 100644
--- a/src/core/snmp/msg_in.c
+++ b/src/core/snmp/msg_in.c
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 /* public (non-static) constants */
 /** SNMP v1 == 0 */
 const s32_t snmp_version = 0;
-/** default SNMP community string */
-const char snmp_publiccommunity[] = "public";
+/** SNMP community string */
+const char snmp_community[] = "public";
 
 /* statically allocated buffers for SNMP_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS */
 struct snmp_msg_pstat msg_input_list[SNMP_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS];
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ snmp_pdu_header_check(struct pbuf *p, u16_t ofs, u16_t pdu_len, u16_t *ofs_ret,
   len = ((len < (SNMP_COMMUNITY_STR_LEN))?(len):(SNMP_COMMUNITY_STR_LEN));
   m_stat->community[len] = 0;
   m_stat->com_strlen = (u8_t)len;
-  if (strncmp(snmp_publiccommunity, (const char*)m_stat->community, SNMP_COMMUNITY_STR_LEN) != 0)
+  if (strncmp(snmp_community, (const char*)m_stat->community, SNMP_COMMUNITY_STR_LEN) != 0)
   {
     /** @todo: move this if we need to check more names */
     snmp_inc_snmpinbadcommunitynames();
diff --git a/src/core/snmp/msg_out.c b/src/core/snmp/msg_out.c
index e9baef49..3de9d154 100644
--- a/src/core/snmp/msg_out.c
+++ b/src/core/snmp/msg_out.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ snmp_trap_header_sum(struct snmp_msg_trap *m_trap, u16_t vb_len)
   snmp_asn1_enc_length_cnt(thl->pdulen, &thl->pdulenlen);
   tot_len += 1 + thl->pdulenlen;
 
-  thl->comlen = strlen(snmp_publiccommunity);
+  thl->comlen = strlen(snmp_community);
   snmp_asn1_enc_length_cnt(thl->comlen, &thl->comlenlen);
   tot_len += 1 + thl->comlenlen + thl->comlen;
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ snmp_trap_header_enc(struct snmp_msg_trap *m_trap, struct pbuf *p)
   ofs += 1;
   snmp_asn1_enc_length(p, ofs, m_trap->thl.comlen);
   ofs += m_trap->thl.comlenlen;
-  snmp_asn1_enc_raw(p, ofs, m_trap->thl.comlen, (u8_t *)&snmp_publiccommunity[0]);
+  snmp_asn1_enc_raw(p, ofs, m_trap->thl.comlen, (u8_t *)&snmp_community[0]);
   ofs += m_trap->thl.comlen;
 
   snmp_asn1_enc_type(p, ofs, (SNMP_ASN1_CONTXT | SNMP_ASN1_CONSTR | SNMP_ASN1_PDU_TRAP));
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/snmp_msg.h b/src/include/lwip/snmp_msg.h
index 44c5ff09..a4d4ad76 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/snmp_msg.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/snmp_msg.h
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ struct snmp_msg_trap
 
 /** Agent Version constant, 0 = v1 oddity */
 extern const s32_t snmp_version;
-/** Agent default "public" community string */
-extern const char snmp_publiccommunity[];
+/** Agent community string */
+extern const char snmp_community[];
 
 extern struct snmp_msg_trap trap_msg;