diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac5b2d3e260bac2aa4c14bbd0e50e386b7a53110..954e7e00f6ec67b84e59a810f1a87b5595eb2cb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SENSORS:
 	system load
 -d|--net-dev <net_dev>
 	network monitoring (if network_device is X, tries to detect it automatically)
--r|--rapl
+-r|--intel-rapl
 	RAPL
 -c|--cpu-temp
 	processor temperature
diff --git a/src/amd_rapl.h b/src/amd_rapl.h
index 1a16db8da6835c213e07db261977f840b428e453..e58cc16498f4b7553f9a7ebf6b6f40e8cd4ee288 100644
--- a/src/amd_rapl.h
+++ b/src/amd_rapl.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Sensor amd_rapl = {
 Optparse amd_rapl_opt[1] = {
     {
         .longname = "amd-rapl",
-        .shortname = 'a',
+        .shortname = 'r',
         .argtype = OPTPARSE_NONE,
         .usage_arg = NULL,
         .usage_msg = "AMD RAPL",
diff --git a/src/rapl.h b/src/rapl.h
index a02624dceee4ac376b2d1333a654c416327e37c1..7720f071a4be6b98dad5cb72d537bd69a430799d 100644
--- a/src/rapl.h
+++ b/src/rapl.h
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ Sensor rapl = {
 
 Optparse rapl_opt[1] = {
     {
-        .longname = "rapl",
+        .longname = "intel-rapl",
         .shortname = 'r',
         .argtype = OPTPARSE_NONE,
         .usage_arg = NULL,
-        .usage_msg = "RAPL",
+        .usage_msg = "INTEL RAPL",
     },
 };