diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cdb509c..1835925e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Added option for wwclient port number. #1349
 - Additional helper directions during syncuser conflict. #1359
 - Add `:cow` suffix to `wwctl container exec --bind` to temporarily copy files into the node image. #1365
+- Add `:copy` suffix to `wwctl container exec --bind` to temporarily copy files into the node image. #1365
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
index ba9ad9f7..0785ba74 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, mntPnt := range mountPts {
-		if mntPnt.Cow {
+		if mntPnt.Copy {
 			continue
 		}
 		wwlog.Debug("bind mounting: %s -> %s", mntPnt.Source, path.Join(containerPath, mntPnt.Dest))
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ the invalid mount points. Directories always have '/' as suffix
 func checkMountPoints(containerName string, binds []*warewulfconf.MountEntry) (overlayObjects []string) {
 	overlayObjects = []string{}
 	for _, b := range binds {
-		if b.Cow {
+		if b.Copy {
 			continue
 		}
 		_, err := os.Stat(b.Source)
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
index bffe0993..5aed57fa 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func runContainedCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, containerName string, args []string) (e
 	// command syscall.Exec which replaces the __child process with the
 	// exec command in the container. All the mounts, have to be done in
 	// __child so that the used mounts don't propagate outside on the host
-	// (see the CLONE attributes), but as for the cow copy option we need
+	// (see the CLONE attributes), but as for the copy option we need
 	// to see if a file was modified after it was copied into the container
 	// so do this here.
 	// At first read out conf, the parse commandline, as copy files has the
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ func SetNode(myNode string) {
 }
 
 // file name and last modification time so we can remove the file if it wasn't modified
-type cowFile struct {
+type copyFile struct {
 	fileName string
 	src      string
 	modTime  time.Time
 }
 
-func (this *cowFile) copyToContainer(containerName string) error {
+func (this *copyFile) copyToContainer(containerName string) error {
 	containerDest := path.Join(container.RootFsDir(containerName), this.fileName)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path.Dir(containerDest)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("destination directory doesn't exist: %s", err)
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (this *cowFile) copyToContainer(containerName string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (this *cowFile) removeFromContainer(containerName string) error {
+func (this *copyFile) removeFromContainer(containerName string) error {
 	containerDest := path.Join(container.RootFsDir(containerName), this.fileName)
 	if this.modTime.IsZero() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not previously copied: %s", this.fileName)
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ func (this *cowFile) removeFromContainer(containerName string) error {
 /*
 Check the objects we want to copy in, instead of mounting
 */
-func getCopyFiles(binds []*warewulfconf.MountEntry) (copyObjects []*cowFile) {
+func getCopyFiles(binds []*warewulfconf.MountEntry) (copyObjects []*copyFile) {
 	for _, bind := range binds {
-		if bind.Cow {
-			copyObjects = append(copyObjects, &cowFile{
+		if bind.Copy {
+			copyObjects = append(copyObjects, &copyFile{
 				fileName: bind.Dest,
 				src:      bind.Source,
 			})
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
index bcb8cf5a..1152fd8e 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ var (
 
 func init() {
 	baseCmd.AddCommand(child.GetCommand())
-	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&binds, "bind", "b", []string{}, `source[:destination[:{ro|cow}]]
+	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&binds, "bind", "b", []string{}, `source[:destination[:{ro|copy}]]
 Bind a local path which must exist into the container. If destination is not
-set, uses the same path as source. "ro" binds read-only. "cow" temporarily
+set, uses the same path as source. "ro" binds read-only. "copy" temporarily
 copies the file into the container.`)
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&SyncUser, "syncuser", false, "Synchronize UIDs/GIDs from host to container")
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&nodeName, "node", "n", "", "Create a read only view of the container for the given node")
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/shell/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/shell/root.go
index df9b2c6e..e1ae01d3 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/shell/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/shell/root.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&binds, "bind", "b", []string{}, `source[:destination[:{ro|cow}]]
+	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&binds, "bind", "b", []string{}, `source[:destination[:{ro|copy}]]
 Bind a local path which must exist into the container. If destination is not
-set, uses the same path as source. "ro" binds read-only. "cow" temporarily
+set, uses the same path as source. "ro" binds read-only. "copy" temporarily
 copies the file into the container.`)
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&nodeName, "node", "n", "", "Create a read only view of the container for the given node")
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/mounts.go b/internal/pkg/config/mounts.go
index 35805202..305fbad4 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/mounts.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/mounts.go
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ type MountEntry struct {
 	Dest     string `yaml:"dest,omitempty"`
 	ReadOnly bool   `yaml:"readonly,omitempty"`
 	Options  string `yaml:"options,omitempty"` // ignored at the moment
-	Cow      bool   `yaml:"cow,omitempty"`     // copy the file into the container and don't remove if modified
+	Copy     bool   `yaml:"copy,omitempty"`    // temporarily copy the file into the container
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/container/mountpoints.go b/internal/pkg/container/mountpoints.go
index 7c16a0a9..961513fb 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/container/mountpoints.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/container/mountpoints.go
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ func InitMountPnts(binds []string) (mounts []*warewulfconf.MountEntry) {
 			dest = bind[1]
 		}
 		readonly := false
-		cow := false
+		copy_ := false
 		if len(bind) >= 3 {
 			if bind[2] == "ro" {
 				readonly = true
-			} else if bind[2] == "cow" {
-				cow = true
+			} else if bind[2] == "copy" {
+				copy_ = true
 			}
 		}
 		mntPnt := warewulfconf.MountEntry{
 			Source:   bind[0],
 			Dest:     dest,
 			ReadOnly: readonly,
-			Cow:      cow,
+			Copy:     copy_,
 		}
 		mounts = append(mounts, &mntPnt)
 	}
diff --git a/userdocs/contents/containers.rst b/userdocs/contents/containers.rst
index b46f34eb..2ee7a236 100644
--- a/userdocs/contents/containers.rst
+++ b/userdocs/contents/containers.rst
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ can be specified in ``warewulf.conf``:
      readonly: true
 
 .. note::
-   Instead of ``readonly: true`` you can set ``cow: true``. This causes the
+   Instead of ``readonly: true`` you can set ``copy: true``. This causes the
    source file to be copied to the container and removed if it was not
    modified. This can be useful for files used for registrations.