diff --git a/doc/source/admin/components.rst b/doc/source/admin/components.rst
index d6b0984d24..fa72c66150 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/components.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/components.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ An example ``zuul.conf``:
    [zookeeper]
    hosts=zk1.example.com,zk2.example.com,zk3.example.com
 
-   [webapp]
+   [web]
    status_url=https://zuul.example.com/status
 
    [scheduler]
@@ -234,6 +234,15 @@ The following sections of ``zuul.conf`` are used by the scheduler:
 
       An openssl file containing the server private key in PEM format.
 
+.. attr:: web
+
+   .. attr:: status_url
+
+      URL that will be posted in Zuul comments made to changes when
+      starting jobs for a change.
+
+      .. TODO: is this effectively required?
+
 .. attr:: webapp
 
    .. attr:: listen_address
@@ -251,13 +260,6 @@ The following sections of ``zuul.conf`` are used by the scheduler:
 
       Zuul will cache the status.json file for this many seconds.
 
-   .. attr:: status_url
-
-      URL that will be posted in Zuul comments made to changes when
-      starting jobs for a change.
-
-      .. TODO: is this effectively required?
-
 .. attr:: scheduler
 
    .. attr:: command_socket
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/drivers/github.rst b/doc/source/admin/drivers/github.rst
index 4f46af6941..83ac77febe 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/drivers/github.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/drivers/github.rst
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@ itself. Status name, description, and context is taken from the pipeline.
       reporter should set as the commit status on github.
 
    .. TODO support role markup in :default: so we can xref
-      :attr:`webapp.status_url` below
+      :attr:`web.status_url` below
 
    .. attr:: status-url
-      :default: webapp.status_url or the empty string
+      :default: web.status_url or the empty string
 
       String value for a link url to set in the github
       status. Defaults to the zuul server status_url, or the empty
diff --git a/etc/zuul.conf-sample b/etc/zuul.conf-sample
index 17092af55f..3b1ad76d28 100644
--- a/etc/zuul.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/zuul.conf-sample
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ listen_address=127.0.0.1
 port=9000
 static_cache_expiry=0
 ;sql_connection_name=mydatabase
+status_url=https://zuul.example.com/status
 
 [webapp]
 listen_address=0.0.0.0
 port=8001
-status_url=https://zuul.example.com/status
 
 [connection gerrit]
 driver=gerrit
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/zuul-connections-merger.conf b/tests/fixtures/zuul-connections-merger.conf
index 771fc5057d..15769ef025 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/zuul-connections-merger.conf
+++ b/tests/fixtures/zuul-connections-merger.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [gearman]
 server=127.0.0.1
 
-[webapp]
+[web]
 status_url=http://zuul.example.com/status
 
 [merger]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf b/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf
index a96bde2ee2..b6a7753dbd 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf
+++ b/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [gearman]
 server=127.0.0.1
 
-[webapp]
+[web]
 status_url=http://zuul.example.com/status/#{change.number},{change.patchset}
 
 [merger]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/zuul-push-reqs.conf b/tests/fixtures/zuul-push-reqs.conf
index 2217f94a06..b902d3f349 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/zuul-push-reqs.conf
+++ b/tests/fixtures/zuul-push-reqs.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [gearman]
 server=127.0.0.1
 
-[webapp]
+[web]
 status_url=http://zuul.example.com/status
 
 [merger]
diff --git a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
index 848ae1b3a9..57b594b1f4 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ class GithubReporter(BaseReporter):
         url_pattern = self.config.get('status-url')
         if not url_pattern:
             sched_config = self.connection.sched.config
-            if sched_config.has_option('webapp', 'status_url'):
-                url_pattern = sched_config.get('webapp', 'status_url')
+            if sched_config.has_option('web', 'status_url'):
+                url_pattern = sched_config.get('web', 'status_url')
         url = item.formatUrlPattern(url_pattern) if url_pattern else ''
 
         description = '%s status: %s' % (item.pipeline.name,
diff --git a/zuul/reporter/__init__.py b/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
index 1bff5cb944..e05ee06654 100644
--- a/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
+++ b/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class BaseReporter(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
 
     def _formatItemReportStart(self, item, with_jobs=True):
         status_url = get_default(self.connection.sched.config,
-                                 'webapp', 'status_url', '')
+                                 'web', 'status_url', '')
         return item.pipeline.start_message.format(pipeline=item.pipeline,
                                                   status_url=status_url)