diff --git a/doc/bookmarkctl.1 b/doc/bookmarkctl.1
index cf672c2..0e5d8f7 100644
--- a/doc/bookmarkctl.1
+++ b/doc/bookmarkctl.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bookmarkctl - manage a mounted BookmarkFS filesystem
 .B bookmarkctl
 .B xattr\-get
 .RI [ options ]
-.B \-m
+.B \-a
 .IR attrname "... " pathname
 .PP
 .B bookmarkctl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Treat the value as binary, and print it verbatim.
 .IP
 If this option is not provided, non-printable characters are replaced with '?'.
 .TP
-.B \-m
+.B \-a
 Switch to multi-attrname mode, where multiple extended attribute names
 can be specified instead of multiple files.
 .IP
diff --git a/doc/bookmarkfs.texi b/doc/bookmarkfs.texi
index 33d70c1..12b5f88 100644
--- a/doc/bookmarkfs.texi
+++ b/doc/bookmarkfs.texi
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ Displays extended attribute values.
 
 @example
 bookmarkctl xattr-get [@var{options}]    @var{attrname}    @var{pathname}...
-bookmarkctl xattr-get [@var{options}] -m @var{attrname}... @var{pathname}
+bookmarkctl xattr-get [@var{options}] -a @var{attrname}... @var{pathname}
 @end example
 
 @table @var
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ Treat the value as binary, and print it verbatim.
 If this option is not provided, non-printable characters are replaced with
 @samp{?}.
 
-@item -m
+@item -a
 Switch to multi-attrname mode, where multiple extended attribute names
 can be specified instead of multiple files.
 
diff --git a/src/bookmarkctl.c b/src/bookmarkctl.c
index 0033f85..25d4af3 100644
--- a/src/bookmarkctl.c
+++ b/src/bookmarkctl.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct xattr_get_ctx {
     char        eol;
 
     unsigned binary     : 1;
-    unsigned multi_name : 1;
+    unsigned multi_attr : 1;
 };
 
 // Forward declaration start
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ subcmd_xattr_get (
         ctx.binary = 1;
         break;
     }
-    OPT_OPT('m') {
-        ctx.multi_name = 1;
+    OPT_OPT('a') {
+        ctx.multi_attr = 1;
         break;
     }
     OPT_OPT('q') {
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ subcmd_xattr_get (
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (ctx.multi_name) {
+    if (ctx.multi_attr) {
         return xattr_get_one(argv[argc - 1], argv, argc - 1, &ctx);
     }
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ xattr_get_one (
     for (int i = 0; i < names_cnt; ++i) {
         char const *name = names[i];
 
-        ctx->prefix = ctx->multi_name ? name : path;
+        ctx->prefix = ctx->multi_attr ? name : path;
         status = bookmarkfs_xattr_get(fd, name, xattr_get_cb, ctx);
         if (status < 0) {
             goto end;