diff --git a/man/feh.pre b/man/feh.pre
index 19d6d6d83b51ffbf95a4cf4bd2617938b581da2b..b258b2b8d55c3a02083de0f309932c88c009d3b8 100644
--- a/man/feh.pre
+++ b/man/feh.pre
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ for details.  Example usage:
 .
 Extra actions which can be set and triggered using the appropriate number key.
 .
+.It Cm --auto-reload
+.
+.Pq only if compiled with inotify=1
+automatically reload shown image if file was changed
+.
 .It Cm --auto-rotate
 .
 .Pq only if compiled with exif=1
@@ -397,11 +402,6 @@ is set to
 the output will not be displayed by default, but has to be enabled by the
 toggle_info key.
 .
-.It Cm --inotify
-.
-.Pq only if compiled with inotify=1
-automatically reload shown image if file was changed
-.
 .It Cm -k , --keep-http
 .
 When viewing files using HTTP,
diff --git a/src/help.raw b/src/help.raw
index 339e1f379da3bd78089375250458398841b62a58..997a259b719ec9b0f3dd60016308b729a3ffe675 100644
--- a/src/help.raw
+++ b/src/help.raw
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ OPTIONS
      --min-dimension WxH   Only show images with width >= W and height >= H
      --max-dimension WxH   Only show images with width <= W and height <= H
      --scroll-step COUNT   scroll COUNT pixels when movement key is pressed
-     --inotify             automatically reload shown image if file was changed
+     --auto-reload         automatically reload shown image if file was changed
 
 MONTAGE MODE OPTIONS
  -X, --ignore-aspect       Set thumbnail to specified width/height without
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e8c30e2ca4ad77b95e47d55d5f695370ff59f892..b935e530957754b1912b9a1f12ba7879480e85e2 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		init_keyevents();
 		init_buttonbindings();
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY
-        if (opt.inotify) {
+        if (opt.auto_reload) {
             opt.inotify_fd = inotify_init();
             if (opt.inotify_fd < 0) {
-                opt.inotify = 0;
+                opt.auto_reload = 0;
                 eprintf("inotify_init failed");
             }
         }
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ int feh_main_iteration(int block)
 	if (control_via_stdin)
 		FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &fdset);
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY
-    if (opt.inotify) {
+    if (opt.auto_reload) {
         FD_SET(opt.inotify_fd, &fdset);
         if (opt.inotify_fd >= fdsize)
             fdsize = opt.inotify_fd + 1;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void feh_clean_exit(void)
 	free(opt.menu_font);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY
-    if (opt.inotify)
+    if (opt.auto_reload)
         if (close(opt.inotify_fd))
             eprintf("inotify close failed");
 #endif
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index d06a4e7da3e406d5373312357cfd3fd127b019ae..20e62725998d560fb2dd51c19d0bcfb760d454e5 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static void feh_parse_option_array(int argc, char **argv, int finalrun)
 		{"insecure"      , 0, 0, 240},
 		{"no-recursive"  , 0, 0, 241},
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY
-		{"inotify"       , 0, 0, 243},
+		{"auto-reload"   , 0, 0, 243},
 #endif
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static void feh_parse_option_array(int argc, char **argv, int finalrun)
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY
 		case 243:
-			opt.inotify = 1;
+			opt.auto_reload = 1;
 			break;
 #endif
 		case 224:
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 19ff55c7830fed41de5cfed1f7617163a3af1a4a..2cfef2f07e03035e84b1ed93b0225fa0cbc001e1 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct __fehoptions {
 	unsigned char auto_rotate;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY
-	unsigned char inotify;
+	unsigned char auto_reload;
     int inotify_fd;
 #endif
 	unsigned char list;
diff --git a/src/winwidget.c b/src/winwidget.c
index 039a58243ce292a1ca0015597152f01ba6a47ee1..b2c340ecb97ecd80e3ec5e5ea6306cddc23478eb 100644
--- a/src/winwidget.c
+++ b/src/winwidget.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ void winwidget_inotify_remove(winwidget winwid)
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY
 void winwidget_inotify_add(winwidget winwid, char *filename)
 {
-    if (opt.inotify) {
+    if (opt.auto_reload) {
         D(("Adding inotify watch for %s\n", filename));
         winwid->inotify_wd = inotify_add_watch(opt.inotify_fd,
                                                filename,