diff --git a/html-preprocessor b/html-preprocessor
index 4ab0e0b..46ad756 100755
--- a/html-preprocessor
+++ b/html-preprocessor
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ def missing_arg(arg):
 def help():
     helpstring = """Synopsis:
     Inject <inject-file> into <target-file>:
-        python3 html-inect.py --target <target-file> --output <output-file> [OPTIONS]
+        python3 html-inect.py --input <input-file> --output <output-file> [OPTIONS]
     \nCommand line options:
-    --target <file>             path to the target file
+    --input <file>              path to the input file
     --output <file>             output to this file instead of overwriting target
     --inplace                   edit target file in place
     --var <varname>=<value>     set the value of a variable. Can be used multiple times
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     inplace = False
     i = 1
     while i in range(1, len(argv)):
-        if argv[i] == "--target":
+        if argv[i] == "--input":
             if len(argv) > i + 1: target_path = argv[i+1].strip(" ")
             else: missing_arg_val(argv[i])
             i += 1
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             error(f"Invalid argument: {argv[i]}")
         i += 1
     # sanity checks
-    if not target_path: missing_arg("--target")
+    if not target_path: missing_arg("--input")
     if not os.path.isfile(target_path): error(f"Invalid target: {target_path} (does not exist)")
     if inplace: output_path = target_path
     if not output_path: