diff --git a/src/modules/module-loopback.c b/src/modules/module-loopback.c
index a005f76f4..d57914777 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-loopback.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-loopback.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
  *         playback.props = {
  *             node.name = "playback.CM106_stereo_pair_2"
  *             audio.position = [ RL RR ]
- *             node.target = "alsa_output.usb-0d8c_USB_Sound_Device-00.analog-surround-71"
+ *             target.object = "alsa_output.usb-0d8c_USB_Sound_Device-00.analog-surround-71"
+ *             node.dont-reconnect = true
  *             stream.dont-remix = true
  *             node.passive = true
  *         }
diff --git a/src/modules/module-pipe-tunnel.c b/src/modules/module-pipe-tunnel.c
index 760b76f7d..ff4a25968 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-pipe-tunnel.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-pipe-tunnel.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
  * - \ref PW_KEY_NODE_GROUP
  * - \ref PW_KEY_NODE_VIRTUAL
  * - \ref PW_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS
- * - \ref PW_KEY_NODE_TARGET to specify the remote name or id to link to
+ * - \ref PW_KEY_TARGET_OBJECT to specify the remote name or serial id to link to
  *
  * When not otherwise specified, the pipe will accept or produce a
  * 16 bits, stereo, 48KHz sample stream.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
  *         #audio.rate=<sample rate>
  *         #audio.channels=<number of channels>
  *         #audio.position=<channel map>
- *         #node.target=<remote target node>
+ *         #target.object=<remote target node>
  *         stream.props = {
  *             # extra sink properties
  *         }
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ PW_LOG_TOPIC_STATIC(mod_topic, "mod." NAME);
 			"[ node.latency=<latency as fraction> ] "		\
 			"[ node.name=<name of the nodes> ] "			\
 			"[ node.description=<description of the nodes> ] "	\
-			"[ node.target=<remote node target name> ] "		\
+			"[ target.object=<remote node target name> ] "		\
 			"[ audio.format=<sample format> ] "			\
 			"[ audio.rate=<sample rate> ] "				\
 			"[ audio.channels=<number of channels> ] "		\
diff --git a/src/modules/module-pulse-tunnel.c b/src/modules/module-pulse-tunnel.c
index 89ebc8e99..c463350c7 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-pulse-tunnel.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-pulse-tunnel.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
  * - \ref PW_KEY_NODE_GROUP
  * - \ref PW_KEY_NODE_VIRTUAL
  * - \ref PW_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS
- * - \ref PW_KEY_NODE_TARGET to specify the remote name or id to link to
+ * - \ref PW_KEY_TARGET_OBJECT to specify the remote node.name or serial.id to link to
  *
  * ## Example configuration of a virtual sink
  *
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
  *         #audio.rate=<sample rate>
  *         #audio.channels=<number of channels>
  *         #audio.position=<channel map>
- *         #node.target=<remote target node>
+ *         #target.object=<remote target name>
  *         stream.props = {
  *             # extra sink properties
  *         }
@@ -660,7 +660,9 @@ static int create_pulse_stream(struct impl *impl)
 	pa_stream_set_overflow_callback(impl->pa_stream, stream_overflow_cb, impl);
 	pa_stream_set_latency_update_callback(impl->pa_stream, stream_latency_update_cb, impl);
 
-	remote_node_target = pw_properties_get(impl->props, PW_KEY_NODE_TARGET);
+	remote_node_target = pw_properties_get(impl->props, PW_KEY_TARGET_OBJECT);
+	if (remote_node_target == NULL)
+		remote_node_target = pw_properties_get(impl->props, PW_KEY_NODE_TARGET);
 
 	bufferattr.fragsize = (uint32_t) -1;
 	bufferattr.minreq = (uint32_t) -1;