diff --git a/docs/datasources.rst b/docs/datasources.rst
index 2d1c83b0..20eb9168 100644
--- a/docs/datasources.rst
+++ b/docs/datasources.rst
@@ -179,3 +179,18 @@ VPN and with users you trust).
    -  Allowed Modules in a comma separated list (optional). **NOTE:**
       You MUST make sure these modules are installed on the machine
       running the Celery workers.
+
+Vertica
+-----
+
+-  **Options**:
+
+   -  Database (mandatory)
+   -  User
+   -  Password
+   -  Host
+   -  Port
+
+-  **Additional requirements**:
+
+   - ``vertica-python`` python package
diff --git a/redash/query_runner/vertica.py b/redash/query_runner/vertica.py
index 6a058418..2f9d9ebc 100644
--- a/redash/query_runner/vertica.py
+++ b/redash/query_runner/vertica.py
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ class Vertica(BaseQueryRunner):
                     'type': 'string',
                     'title': 'Password'
                 },
-                'schema': {
+                'database': {
                     'type': 'string',
-                    'title': 'Database schema name'
+                    'title': 'Database name'
                 },
                 "port": {
                     "type": "number"
                 },
             },
-            'required': ['schema']
+            'required': ['database']
         }
 
     @classmethod
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ class Vertica(BaseQueryRunner):
 
         schema = {}
         for row in results['rows']:
-            if row['table_schema'] != self.configuration['schema']:
-                table_name = '{}.{}'.format(row['table_schema'], row['table_name'])
-            else:
-                table_name = row['table_name']
+            table_name = '{}.{}'.format(row['table_schema'], row['table_name'])
 
             if table_name not in schema:
                 schema[table_name] = {'name': table_name, 'columns': []}
@@ -107,11 +104,11 @@ class Vertica(BaseQueryRunner):
                 'port': self.configuration.get('port', 5433),
                 'user': self.configuration.get('user', ''),
                 'password': self.configuration.get('password', ''),
-                'database': self.configuration.get('schema', '')
+                'database': self.configuration.get('database', '')
             }
             connection = vertica_python.connect(**conn_info)
             cursor = connection.cursor()
-            logger.info("Vetica running query: %s", query)
+            logger.debug("Vetica running query: %s", query)
             cursor.execute(query)
 
             # TODO - very similar to pg.py
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9aafa2e3..383e0d25 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ wtf-peewee==0.2.3
 pysaml2==2.4.0
 pycrypto==2.6.1
 funcy==1.5
+vertica-python==0.5.1