diff --git a/spacy/default_config_distillation.cfg b/spacy/default_config_distillation.cfg
index 2993f8e48..1926fafa9 100644
--- a/spacy/default_config_distillation.cfg
+++ b/spacy/default_config_distillation.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ corpus = "corpora.distillation"
 dropout = 0.1
 max_epochs = 1
 max_steps = 0
-pipe_map = {}
+student_to_teacher = {}
 
 [distillation.batcher]
 @batchers = "spacy.batch_by_words.v1"
diff --git a/spacy/schemas.py b/spacy/schemas.py
index 51b64580d..e830eb01f 100644
--- a/spacy/schemas.py
+++ b/spacy/schemas.py
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class ConfigSchemaDistill(BaseModel):
     max_epochs: StrictInt = Field(..., title="Maximum number of epochs to distill for")
     max_steps: StrictInt = Field(..., title="Maximum number of steps to distill for")
     optimizer: Optimizer = Field(..., title="The optimizer to use")
-    pipe_map: Dict[str, str] = Field(..., title="Mapping from teacher to student pipe")
+    student_to_teacher: Dict[str, str] = Field(..., title="Mapping from student to teacher pipe")
     # fmt: on
 
     class Config: