diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py
index 3f3077c0bc..40fc01038e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TerminalModule(TerminalBase):
 
         cmd = {u'command': u'enable'}
         if passwd:
-            cmd[u'prompts'] = to_text(r"[\r\n]?password: $", errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+            cmd[u'prompt'] = to_text(r"[\r\n]?password: $", errors='surrogate_or_strict')
             cmd[u'answer'] = passwd
 
         try:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/ios.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/ios.py
index 4de74a2165..4df746084c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/ios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/ios.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TerminalModule(TerminalBase):
         if passwd:
             # Note: python-3.5 cannot combine u"" and r"" together.  Thus make
             # an r string and use to_text to ensure it's text on both py2 and py3.
-            cmd[u'prompts'] = to_text(r"[\r\n]?password: $", errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+            cmd[u'prompt'] = to_text(r"[\r\n]?password: $", errors='surrogate_or_strict')
             cmd[u'answer'] = passwd
 
         try: