diff --git a/Net-Connection-Match/lib/Net/Connection/Match/Protos.pm b/Net-Connection-Match/lib/Net/Connection/Match/Protos.pm
index 7d26bd8..06222fb 100644
--- a/Net-Connection-Match/lib/Net/Connection/Match/Protos.pm
+++ b/Net-Connection-Match/lib/Net/Connection/Match/Protos.pm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sub new{
 	};
 
 	# run some basic checks to make sure we have the minimum stuff required to work
-	if ( ! defined( $args{states} ) ){
+	if ( ! defined( $args{protos} ) ){
 		die ('No states key specified in the argument hash');
 	}
 	if ( ref( \$args{protos} ) eq 'ARRAY' ){
diff --git a/Net-Connection-Match/t/Protos.t b/Net-Connection-Match/t/Protos.t
index cb0426c..272da77 100644
--- a/Net-Connection-Match/t/Protos.t
+++ b/Net-Connection-Match/t/Protos.t
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ my $returned=1;
 eval{
 	$returned=$checker->match;
 };
-ok( $returned eq '0', 'match undef check') or diag('match accepted undefined input');
+ok( $returned eq '0', 'proto undef check') or diag('match accepted undefined input');
 
 # make sure it will not accept a improper ref type
 $returned=1;
@@ -55,21 +55,21 @@ eval{
 };
 ok( $returned eq '0', 'match improper ref check') or diag('match accepted a ref other than Net::Connection');
 
-# Create a connection with a matching state and see if it matches
+# Create a connection with a matching protocol and see if it matches
 my $conn=Net::Connection->new( $connection_args );
 $returned=0;
 eval{
 	$returned=$checker->match( $conn );
 };
-ok( $returned eq '1', 'state match check') or diag('Failed to match a matching good state');
+ok( $returned eq '1', 'proto match check') or diag('Failed to match a matching good protocol');
 
-# Create a connection with a non-matching state and make sure it does not match
+# Create a connection with a non-matching protocol and make sure it does not match
 $connection_args->{proto}='udp4';
 $conn=Net::Connection->new( $connection_args );
 $returned=1;
 eval{
 	$returned=$checker->match( $conn );
 };
-ok( $returned eq '0', 'state non-match check') or diag('Matched a state that it should not of');
+ok( $returned eq '0', 'proto non-match check') or diag('Matched a protocol that it should not of');
 
 done_testing(7);