diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0080d4f..61ff57e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ specify multiple hosts as a comma separated list, or prefix a host value with
 ### Allowed Hosts List ###
 
 You can limit the remote hosts that the proxy will fetch images from using the
-`remoteHosts` flag.  This is useful, for example, for locking the proxy down to
+`allowHosts` flag.  This is useful, for example, for locking the proxy down to
 your own hosts to prevent others from abusing it.  Of course if you want to
-support fetching from any host, leave off the remoteHosts flag.  Try it out by
+support fetching from any host, leave off the allowHosts flag.  Try it out by
 running:
 
-    imageproxy -remoteHosts example.com
+    imageproxy -allowHosts example.com
 
 Reload the [codercat URL][], and you should now get an error message.  You can
 specify multiple hosts as a comma separated list, or prefix a host value with
diff --git a/etc/debian/etc-initd-imageproxy b/etc/debian/etc-initd-imageproxy
index 73dbae6..5654511 100644
--- a/etc/debian/etc-initd-imageproxy
+++ b/etc/debian/etc-initd-imageproxy
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		test -n "$ADDR" && DAEMON_OPTS+=" -addr=$ADDR"
 		test -n "$CACHE" && DAEMON_OPTS+=" -cache=$CACHE"
 		test -n "$LOG_DIR" && DAEMON_OPTS+=" -log_dir=$LOG_DIR"
-		test -n "$ALLOWED_REMOTE_HOSTS" && DAEMON_OPTS+=" -remoteHosts=$ALLOWED_REMOTE_HOSTS"
+		test -n "$ALLOWED_REMOTE_HOSTS" && DAEMON_OPTS+=" -allowHosts=$ALLOWED_REMOTE_HOSTS"
 
 		echo -n "Starting $NAME: "
 		start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
diff --git a/etc/imageproxy.conf b/etc/imageproxy.conf
index dae8466..ab3fb4a 100644
--- a/etc/imageproxy.conf
+++ b/etc/imageproxy.conf
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ exec start-stop-daemon --start -c www-data --exec /usr/bin/imageproxy -- \
     -cache /var/cache/imageproxy \
     -signatureKey @/etc/imageproxy.key \
     -baseURL https://willnorris.com/ \
-    -remoteHosts willnorris.com,notsoserendipitous.com,gabenorris.com
+    -allowHosts willnorris.com,notsoserendipitous.com,gabenorris.com
diff --git a/etc/imageproxy.service b/etc/imageproxy.service
index 5c4d5af..e95cf4d 100644
--- a/etc/imageproxy.service
+++ b/etc/imageproxy.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/imageproxy \
     -cache /var/cache/imageproxy \
     -signatureKey @/etc/imageproxy.key \
     -baseURL https://willnorris.com/ \
-    -remoteHosts willnorris.com,notsoserendipitous.com,gabenorris.com
+    -allowHosts willnorris.com,notsoserendipitous.com,gabenorris.com
 Restart=on-abort
 
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