diff --git a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
index 491b97d1809..35fada345ef 100644
--- a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
+++ b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ There are also links to normal bindings to style the tree itself.
 Normal
 EndOfBuffer
 CursorLine
-VertSplit
+WinSeparator
 CursorColumn
 
 There are also links for file highlight with git properties
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
index 91986ddb729..ea962f20847 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ local function get_links()
     NormalNC = "NvimTreeNormal",
     EndOfBuffer = "EndOfBuffer",
     CursorLine = "CursorLine",
-    VertSplit = "VertSplit",
+    WinSeparator = "WinSeparator",
     CursorColumn = "CursorColumn",
     FileDirty = "NvimTreeGitDirty",
     FileNew = "NvimTreeGitNew",
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
index b8ed3d47eb5..d58e93b8eab 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ M.View = {
       "EndOfBuffer:NvimTreeEndOfBuffer",
       "Normal:NvimTreeNormal",
       "CursorLine:NvimTreeCursorLine",
-      "VertSplit:NvimTreeVertSplit",
+      "WinSeparator:NvimTreeWinSeparator",
       "StatusLine:NvimTreeStatusLine",
       "StatusLineNC:NvimTreeStatuslineNC",
       "SignColumn:NvimTreeSignColumn",