diff --git a/autoload/airline/init.vim b/autoload/airline/init.vim
index 021b3b28..a990e78b 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/init.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/init.vim
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function! airline#init#sections()
     let g:airline_section_y = airline#section#create_right(['ffenc'])
   endif
   if !exists('g:airline_section_z')
-    let g:airline_section_z = airline#section#create(['windowswap', '%3p%%'.spc, 'linenr', ':%3c '])
+    let g:airline_section_z = airline#section#create(['windowswap', '%3p%%'.spc, 'linenr', ':%3v '])
   endif
   if !exists('g:airline_section_warning')
     let g:airline_section_warning = airline#section#create(['syntastic', 'eclim', 'whitespace'])
diff --git a/t/init.vim b/t/init.vim
index 86efe582..d1a2abb8 100644
--- a/t/init.vim
+++ b/t/init.vim
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe 'init sections'
   it 'section z should be line numbers'
     Expect g:airline_section_z =~ '%3p%%'
     Expect g:airline_section_z =~ '%4l'
-    Expect g:airline_section_z =~ '%3c'
+    Expect g:airline_section_z =~ '%3v'
   end
 
   it 'should not redefine sections already defined'