diff --git a/docs/ogm.rst b/docs/ogm.rst
index 10041638ba24296ccf18a654d6cc327f5ad9a944..6729ba87feeab7ac6b72658b3b635d58cc320096 100644
--- a/docs/ogm.rst
+++ b/docs/ogm.rst
@@ -287,13 +287,14 @@ Or, simply use the property :py:attr:`g<goblin.session.Session.g>`::
     >>> session.g.V().hasLabel('person')...
 
 
-However, when writing the traversals, it is important to note that property
-names are not mapped directly from the OGM. Instead, they typically take the format:
-`element_class_name__property_name`. To avoid mistakes, the mapped property names
-are available as class attributes::
+In general property names are mapped directly from the OGM to the database.
+However, by passing the `db_name` kwarg to a property definition, the user has
+the ability to override this behavior. To avoid mistakes in the case of custom
+database property names, it is encouraged to access the mapped property names
+as class attributes::
 
     >>> Person.name
-    'person__name'
+    'name'
 
 So, to write a traversal::
 
diff --git a/goblin/mapper.py b/goblin/mapper.py
index b69411c26d5b32a3ea6fdb64c9126e4de48ad1c3..da0e40ceccd2cdc917232f1f57f5bea797e69f66 100644
--- a/goblin/mapper.py
+++ b/goblin/mapper.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class Mapping:
             if prop.db_name:
                 db_name = prop.db_name
             else:
-                db_name = '{}__{}'.format(self._label, name)
+                db_name = name
             if hasattr(prop, '__mapping__'):
                 if not self._element_type == 'vertex':
                     raise exception.MappingError(
diff --git a/tests/test_mapper.py b/tests/test_mapper.py
index c6ea2882a65cf731154f5edc92d4b1533f5e46f5..d2548b5cf7afce42d81de6f3e49d633bfe8610fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_mapper.py
+++ b/tests/test_mapper.py
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ from goblin import exception, properties
 
 def test_property_mapping(person, lives_in):
     db_name, data_type = person.__mapping__._ogm_properties['name']
-    assert db_name == 'person__name'
+    assert db_name == 'name'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.String)
     db_name, data_type = person.__mapping__._ogm_properties['age']
     assert db_name == 'custom__person__age'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.Integer)
     db_name, data_type = lives_in.__mapping__._ogm_properties['notes']
-    assert db_name == 'lives_in__notes'
+    assert db_name == 'notes'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.String)
 
-    ogm_name, data_type = person.__mapping__._db_properties['person__name']
+    ogm_name, data_type = person.__mapping__._db_properties['name']
     assert ogm_name == 'name'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.String)
     ogm_name, data_type = person.__mapping__._db_properties['custom__person__age']
     assert ogm_name == 'age'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.Integer)
-    ogm_name, data_type = lives_in.__mapping__._db_properties['lives_in__notes']
+    ogm_name, data_type = lives_in.__mapping__._db_properties['notes']
     assert  ogm_name == 'notes'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.String)
 
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ def test_metaprop_mapping(place):
     place.historical_name = ['Iowa City']
     db_name, data_type = place.historical_name(
         'Iowa City').__mapping__._ogm_properties['notes']
-    assert db_name == 'historical_name__notes'
+    assert db_name == 'notes'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.String)
     db_name, data_type = place.historical_name(
         'Iowa City').__mapping__._ogm_properties['year']
-    assert db_name == 'historical_name__year'
+    assert db_name == 'year'
     assert isinstance(data_type, properties.Integer)
 
 
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ def test_mapper_func(place, knows):
 
 def test_getattr_getdbname(person, lives_in):
     db_name = person.__mapping__.name
-    assert  db_name == 'person__name'
+    assert  db_name == 'name'
     db_name = person.__mapping__.age
     assert  db_name == 'custom__person__age'
     db_name = lives_in.__mapping__.notes
-    assert  db_name == 'lives_in__notes'
+    assert  db_name == 'notes'
 
 
 def test_getattr_doesnt_exist(person):
diff --git a/tests/test_traversal.py b/tests/test_traversal.py
index 745f2d41141193d6d204a6add7967e75f22011d4..999821c264c3ffda6585bd5a77dcc43a64388b99 100644
--- a/tests/test_traversal.py
+++ b/tests/test_traversal.py
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ from goblin.traversal import bindprop
 
 def test_bindprop(person_class):
     db_val, (binding, val) = bindprop(person_class, 'name', 'dave', binding='n1')
-    assert db_val == 'person__name'
+    assert db_val == 'name'
     assert binding == 'n1'
     assert val == 'dave'