diff --git a/classes/validator/Validator.class.php b/classes/validator/Validator.class.php
index 495adb9de..af9ade505 100644
--- a/classes/validator/Validator.class.php
+++ b/classes/validator/Validator.class.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Validator
 			'alpha' => '/^[a-z]*$/i',
 			'alpha_number' => '/^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$/i',
 			'number' => '/^(?:[1-9]\\d*|0)$/',
-			'real' => '/^\d*(\.?\d*)$/'
+			'float' => '/^\d*(\.?\d*)$/'
 		));
 
 		$this->_has_mb_func = is_callable('mb_strlen');
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ class Validator
 		{
 			$name = strtolower($name);
 
-			if(in_array($name, array('email', 'userid', 'url', 'alpha', 'alpha_number', 'number', 'real')))
+			if(in_array($name, array('email', 'userid', 'url', 'alpha', 'alpha_number', 'number', 'float')))
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/modules/file/ruleset/fileModuleConfig.xml b/modules/file/ruleset/fileModuleConfig.xml
index 385bbc71f..963180a3e 100644
--- a/modules/file/ruleset/fileModuleConfig.xml
+++ b/modules/file/ruleset/fileModuleConfig.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 		<rule name="extension" type="regex" test="/^(?:\*\.\*|(\*\.\w+;\s*)*\*\.\w+;?)$/i"  />
     </customrules>
     <fields>
-		<field name="allowed_filesize" required="true" rule="real" default="2" />
-		<field name="allowed_attach_size" required="true" rule="real" default="2" />
+		<field name="allowed_filesize" required="true" rule="float" default="2" />
+		<field name="allowed_attach_size" required="true" rule="float" default="2" />
 		<field name="allowed_filetypes" required="true" rule="extension" />
     </fields>
 </ruleset>