diff --git a/examples/cord_ep/README.md b/examples/cord_ep/README.md
index 2a23d14d04..dc09781cc7 100644
--- a/examples/cord_ep/README.md
+++ b/examples/cord_ep/README.md
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ RD, called `cord_ep`. Simply use that shell command without parameters for
 more information on its usage.
 
 Some connection parameters are configured statically during compile time,
-namely the lifetime (`CONFIG_CORD_LT`) and the node's endpoint name (`CORD_EP`). You
+namely the lifetime (`CONFIG_CORD_LT`) and the node's endpoint name (`CONFIG_CORD_EP`). You
 can change these values at compile time by overriding their defines using
 command line arguments:
 ```
-CFLAGS="-DCORD_EP=\\\"your_ep_name_here\\\"" make all
+CFLAGS="-DCONFIG_CORD_EP=\\\"your_ep_name_here\\\"" make all
 ```
 or by setting their values in the application's Makefile:
 ```
-CFLAGS += "-DCORD_EP=\"MyNewEpName\""
+CFLAGS += "-DCONFIG_CORD_EP=\"MyNewEpName\""
 ```
diff --git a/sys/include/net/cord/config.h b/sys/include/net/cord/config.h
index dd855f9a22..ef10d89398 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/cord/config.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/cord/config.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern "C" {
  *
  * @{
  */
-#ifndef CORD_EP
+#ifndef CONFIG_CORD_EP
 /**
  * @brief   Number of generated hexadecimal characters added to the ep
  *
diff --git a/sys/net/application_layer/cord/common/cord_common.c b/sys/net/application_layer/cord/common/cord_common.c
index 86d603cc33..347d44bfea 100644
--- a/sys/net/application_layer/cord/common/cord_common.c
+++ b/sys/net/application_layer/cord/common/cord_common.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 
 
-#ifdef CORD_EP
-#define BUFSIZE         (sizeof(CORD_EP))   /* contains \0 termination char */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CORD_EP
+#define BUFSIZE         (sizeof(CONFIG_CORD_EP))   /* contains \0 termination char */
 #else
 #define PREFIX_LEN      (sizeof(CORD_EP_PREFIX))        /* contains \0 char */
 #define BUFSIZE         (PREFIX_LEN + CORD_EP_SUFFIX_LEN)
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ char cord_common_ep[BUFSIZE];
 
 void cord_common_init(void)
 {
-#ifdef CORD_EP
-    memcpy(cord_common_ep, CORD_EP, BUFSIZE);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CORD_EP
+    memcpy(cord_common_ep, CONFIG_CORD_EP, BUFSIZE);
 #else
     uint8_t luid[CORD_EP_SUFFIX_LEN / 2];