diff --git a/runtime.md b/runtime.md
index be504588..2120f08f 100644
--- a/runtime.md
+++ b/runtime.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 The runtime state for a container is persisted on disk so that external tools can consume and act on this information.
 The runtime state is stored in a JSON encoded file.
 It is recommended that this file is stored in a temporary filesystem so that it can be removed on a system reboot.
-On Linux based systems the state information should be stored in `/run/oci/containers`.
-The directory structure for a container is `/run/oci/containers/<containerID>/state.json`.
+On Linux based systems the state information should be stored in `/run/opencontainer/containers`.
+The directory structure for a container is `/run/opencontainer/containers/<containerID>/state.json`.
 By providing a default location that container state is stored external applications can find all containers running on a system.
 
 * **version** (string) Version of the OCI specification used when creating the container.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The root directory to the bundle is provided in the state so that consumers can
 
 ```json
 {
-    "id": "oci-container",
+    "id": "oc-container",
     "pid": 4422,
     "root": "/containers/redis"
 }
diff --git a/runtime_config_linux.go b/runtime_config_linux.go
index 17db82df..b928fdad 100644
--- a/runtime_config_linux.go
+++ b/runtime_config_linux.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package specs
 import "os"
 
 // LinuxStateDirectory holds the container's state information
-const LinuxStateDirectory = "/run/oci/containers"
+const LinuxStateDirectory = "/run/opencontainer/containers"
 
 // LinuxRuntimeSpec is the full specification for linux containers.
 type LinuxRuntimeSpec struct {