diff --git a/examples/research_projects/tools/python_interpreter.py b/examples/research_projects/tools/python_interpreter.py
index 1b9d727c6f..8f319b2d68 100644
--- a/examples/research_projects/tools/python_interpreter.py
+++ b/examples/research_projects/tools/python_interpreter.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def solution():
     optimize_cuda_cache=True,
 )
 
-ppo_trainer = PPOTrainer(config=ppo_config, model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer, dataset=ds)
+ppo_trainer = PPOTrainer(args=ppo_config, model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer, dataset=ds)
 test_dataloader = ppo_trainer.accelerator.prepare(test_dataloader)
 
 # text env
diff --git a/examples/research_projects/tools/triviaqa.py b/examples/research_projects/tools/triviaqa.py
index bdf2c82287..def5013582 100644
--- a/examples/research_projects/tools/triviaqa.py
+++ b/examples/research_projects/tools/triviaqa.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ScriptArguments:
     seed=script_args.seed,
     optimize_cuda_cache=True,
 )
-ppo_trainer = PPOTrainer(config=config, model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer)
+ppo_trainer = PPOTrainer(args=config, model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer)
 dataset = load_dataset("mandarjoshi/trivia_qa", "rc", split="train")
 local_seed = script_args.seed + ppo_trainer.accelerator.process_index * 100003  # Prime
 dataset = dataset.shuffle(local_seed)
diff --git a/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo.py b/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo.py
index e0dd07bb5a..b78286eb34 100644
--- a/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo.py
+++ b/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def tokenize(element):
     # Training
     ################
     trainer = PPOTrainer(
-        config=training_args,
+        args=training_args,
         processing_class=tokenizer,
         policy=policy,
         ref_policy=ref_policy,
diff --git a/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo_tldr.py b/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo_tldr.py
index 73ea5cd852..40fca6ff88 100644
--- a/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo_tldr.py
+++ b/examples/scripts/ppo/ppo_tldr.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def tokenize(element):
     # Training
     ################
     trainer = PPOTrainer(
-        config=training_args,
+        args=training_args,
         processing_class=tokenizer,
         policy=policy,
         ref_policy=ref_policy,
diff --git a/trl/trainer/ppo_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/ppo_trainer.py
index 50f17ddece..3c3ab9504b 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/ppo_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/ppo_trainer.py
@@ -51,20 +51,21 @@
 from ..core import masked_mean, masked_whiten
 from ..models import create_reference_model
 from ..models.utils import unwrap_model_for_generation
-from ..trainer.utils import (
+from .ppo_config import PPOConfig
+from .utils import (
     OnlineTrainerState,
     batch_generation,
     disable_dropout_in_model,
     exact_div,
     first_true_indices,
     forward,
+    generate_model_card,
     get_reward,
+    peft_module_casting_to_bf16,
     prepare_deepspeed,
     print_rich_table,
     truncate_response,
 )
-from .ppo_config import PPOConfig
-from .utils import generate_model_card, peft_module_casting_to_bf16
 
 
 if is_peft_available():
@@ -97,10 +98,11 @@ def forward(self, **kwargs):
 class PPOTrainer(Trainer):
     _tag_names = ["trl", "ppo"]
 
+    @deprecate_kwarg("config", new_name="args", version="0.15.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
     @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.15.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
     def __init__(
         self,
-        config: PPOConfig,
+        args: PPOConfig,
         processing_class: Optional[
             Union[PreTrainedTokenizerBase, BaseImageProcessor, FeatureExtractionMixin, ProcessorMixin]
         ],
@@ -122,8 +124,7 @@ def __init__(
                 "same as `policy`, you must make a copy of it, or `None` if you use peft."
             )
 
-        self.args = config
-        args = config
+        self.args = args
         self.processing_class = processing_class
         self.policy = policy