diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 37151d1b4..6732c458a 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Consumer:
         self.consume = consume
         self.scratch = scratch
 
-        os.makedirs(self.scratch, exists_ok=True)
+        os.makedirs(self.scratch, exist_ok=True)
 
         if not self.consume:
             raise ConsumerError(
diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
index 4bf403318..41e5382d5 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             raise CommandError(e)
 
         for d in (self.ORIGINAL_DOCS, self.THUMB_DOCS):
-            os.makedirs(d, exists_ok=True)
+            os.makedirs(d, exist_ok=True)
 
         logging.getLogger(__name__).info(
             "Starting document consumer at {}{}".format(