diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
index f23d932a1ac..c4cb51ebe6d 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
@@ -6938,6 +6938,12 @@ msgstr ""
 #. module: base
 #: code:addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py:610
 #, python-format
+msgid "Barcode symbology"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. module: base
+#: code:addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py:603
+#, python-format
 msgid "Barcode type"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py
index 097ba57e69d..046e98e357b 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_qweb_fields.py
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ class BarcodeConverter(models.AbstractModel):
     def get_available_options(self):
         options = super(BarcodeConverter, self).get_available_options()
         options.update(
-            type=dict(type='string', string=_('Barcode type'), description=_('Barcode type, eg: UPCA, EAN13, Code128'), default_value='Code128'),
+            symbology=dict(type='string', string=_('Barcode symbology'), description=_('Barcode type, eg: UPCA, EAN13, Code128'), default_value='Code128'),
             width=dict(type='integer', string=_('Width'), default_value=600),
             height=dict(type='integer', string=_('Height'), default_value=100),
             humanreadable=dict(type='integer', string=_('Human Readable'), default_value=0),
@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ class BarcodeConverter(models.AbstractModel):
 
     @api.model
     def value_to_html(self, value, options=None):
-        barcode_type = options.get('type', 'Code128')
+        barcode_symbology = options.get('symbology', 'Code128')
         barcode = self.env['ir.actions.report'].barcode(
-            barcode_type,
+            barcode_symbology,
             value,
             **{key: value for key, value in options.items() if key in ['width', 'height', 'humanreadable']})
         return u'<img src="data:png;base64,%s">' % base64.b64encode(barcode).decode('ascii')