diff --git a/man/cppcheck.1.xml b/man/cppcheck.1.xml
index 0aee5a760..4d89ca120 100644
--- a/man/cppcheck.1.xml
+++ b/man/cppcheck.1.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ man(1), man(7), http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Man-Page/
       <arg choice="opt"><option>--style</option></arg>
       <arg choice="opt"><option>--unused-functions</option></arg>
       <arg choice="opt"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
-      <arg choice="opt"><option>-w[workers]</option></arg>
+      <arg choice="opt"><option>-j[jobs]</option></arg>
       <arg choice="opt"><option>--xml</option></arg>
       <arg choice="opt"><option>file or path</option></arg>
       <arg choice="plain"><option>...</option></arg>
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ files, this is not needed.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-w [workers]</option></term>
+        <term><option>-j [jobs]</option></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Start [workers] threads to do the checking work.</para>
+          <para>Start [jobs] threads to do the checking work.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/cppcheck.cpp b/src/cppcheck.cpp
index 4e33feba9..073f9cad9 100644
--- a/src/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/src/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -147,35 +147,35 @@ std::string CppCheck::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         }
 
 // Include paths
-        else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-w") == 0 ||
-                 strncmp(argv[i], "-w", 2) == 0)
+        else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-j") == 0 ||
+                 strncmp(argv[i], "-j", 2) == 0)
         {
             std::string numberString;
 
-            // "-w 3"
-            if (strcmp(argv[i], "-w") == 0)
+            // "-j 3"
+            if (strcmp(argv[i], "-j") == 0)
             {
                 ++i;
                 if (i >= argc)
-                    return "cppcheck: argument to '-w' is missing\n";
+                    return "cppcheck: argument to '-j' is missing\n";
 
                 numberString = argv[i];
             }
 
-            // "-w3"
-            else if (strncmp(argv[i], "-w", 2) == 0)
+            // "-j3"
+            else if (strncmp(argv[i], "-j", 2) == 0)
             {
                 numberString = argv[i];
                 numberString = numberString.substr(2);
             }
 
             std::istringstream iss(numberString);
-            if (!(iss >> _settings._workers))
-                return "cppcheck: argument to '-w' is not a number\n";
+            if (!(iss >> _settings._jobs))
+                return "cppcheck: argument to '-j' is not a number\n";
 
-            if (_settings._workers > 1000)
+            if (_settings._jobs > 1000)
             {
-                return "cppcheck: argument for '-w' is allowed to be 1000 at max\n";
+                return "cppcheck: argument for '-j' is allowed to be 1000 at max\n";
             }
         }
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ std::string CppCheck::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         "    --unused-functions   Check if there are unused functions\n"
         "    --vcl                Suppress messages about memory leaks when using VCL classes\n"
         "    -v, --verbose        More detailed error reports\n"
-        "    -w [workers]         Start [workers] threads to do the checking work.\n"
+        "    -j [jobs]            Start [jobs] threads to do the checking simultaneously.\n"
         "    --xml                Write results in xml to error stream.\n"
         "\n"
         "Example usage:\n"
diff --git a/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index aae21865d..8f78d0671 100644
--- a/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ unsigned int CppCheckExecutor::check(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         }
 
         unsigned int returnValue = 0;
-        if (_settings._workers == 1)
+        if (_settings._jobs == 1)
         {
             // Single process
             returnValue = cppCheck.check();
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 77830c56b..497354207 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Settings::Settings()
     _unusedFunctions = false;
     _security = false;
     _vcl = false;
-    _workers = 1;
+    _jobs = 1;
 }
 
 Settings::~Settings()
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index 6d88054b2..b25c09887 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
 
     /** How many processes/threads should do checking at the same
         time. Default is 1. */
-    unsigned int _workers;
+    unsigned int _jobs;
 };
 
 #endif // SETTINGS_H
diff --git a/src/threadexecutor.cpp b/src/threadexecutor.cpp
index 49fa51a31..2550d6d50 100644
--- a/src/threadexecutor.cpp
+++ b/src/threadexecutor.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ unsigned int ThreadExecutor::check()
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < _filenames.size(); i++)
     {
         // Keep only wanted amount of child processes running at a time.
-        if (childCount >= _settings._workers)
+        if (childCount >= _settings._jobs)
         {
             while (handleRead(result))
             {