diff --git a/varcode/vcf.py b/varcode/vcf.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/varcode/vcf.py
+++ b/varcode/vcf.py
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def read_vcf_into_dataframe(path, include_info=False, chunk_size=None):
     if path.endswith(".gz"):
         compression = "gzip"
     elif path.endswith(".bz2"):
-        compression = "bzip2"
+        compression = "bz2"
 
     reader = pandas.read_table(
         path,
fix bzip2 -> bz2 typo in vcf.py