diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
index 0dda1a622a8b..71efec09dfca 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class Connection implements ConnectionInterface
      */
     protected $database;
 
+    /**
+     * The type of the connection.
+     *
+     * @var string|null
+     */
+    protected $type;
+
     /**
      * The table prefix for the connection.
      *
@@ -161,13 +168,6 @@ class Connection implements ConnectionInterface
      */
     protected static $resolvers = [];
 
-    /**
-     * The type of the connection.
-     *
-     * @var string|null
-     */
-    protected $type;
-
     /**
      * Create a new database connection instance.
      *
@@ -1057,9 +1057,9 @@ public function getName()
      *
      * @return string|null
      */
-    public function getFullName()
+    public function getNameWithReadWriteType()
     {
-        return $this->getName().($this->type ? '::'.$this->type : '');
+        return $this->getName().($this->readWriteType ? '::'.$this->readWriteType : '');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1292,14 +1292,14 @@ public function setDatabaseName($database)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the type of the connection.
+     * Set the read / write type of the connection.
      *
-     * @param  string  $type
+     * @param  string|null  $readWriteType
      * @return $this
      */
-    public function setType($type)
+    public function setReadWriteType($readWriteType)
     {
-        $this->type = $type;
+        $this->readWriteType = $readWriteType;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php
index 3f426c216ffa..5d2f7cdcb1dd 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/DatabaseManager.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function __construct($app, ConnectionFactory $factory)
         $this->factory = $factory;
 
         $this->reconnector = function ($connection) {
-            $this->reconnect($connection->getFullName());
+            $this->reconnect($connection->getNameWithReadWriteType());
         };
     }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ protected function configuration($name)
      */
     protected function configure(Connection $connection, $type)
     {
-        $connection = $this->setPdoForType($connection, $type)->setType($type);
+        $connection = $this->setPdoForType($connection, $type)->setReadWriteType($type);
 
         // First we'll set the fetch mode and a few other dependencies of the database
         // connection. This method basically just configures and prepares it to get
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ protected function refreshPdoConnections($name)
         );
 
         return $this->connections[$name]
-                                ->setPdo($fresh->getRawPdo())
-                                ->setReadPdo($fresh->getRawReadPdo());
+                    ->setPdo($fresh->getRawPdo())
+                    ->setReadPdo($fresh->getRawReadPdo());
     }
 
     /**