diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 80a8c0d..7b70004 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ struct Options {
     color_when: Option<ColorWhen>,
 
     #[arg(
-        short = 's',
-        long = "skip-errors",
+        short = 'e',
+        long = "allow-empty",
         help = "Exits without error when no matches are found."
     )]
-    skip_errors: bool,
+    allow_empty: bool,
 }
 
 fn regex_query_or_die(pattern: &str, replacement: &str, word: bool) -> Query {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
         selected_file_types,
         preserve_case,
         word_regex,
-        skip_errors
+        allow_empty
     } = opt;
 
     let dry_run = !go;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
         ignored,
         selected_file_types,
         ignored_file_types,
-        skip_errors
+        allow_empty
     };
 
     let path = path.unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new(".").to_path_buf());
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ fn run_on_directory(
     directory_patcher.run(&query)?;
     let stats = directory_patcher.stats();
     if stats.total_replacements() == 0 {
-        match settings.skip_errors {
+        match settings.allow_empty {
             true => {
                 console.print_message(&format!(
                     "{}",
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index f99820e..412d9e8 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ pub struct Settings {
     /// List of file types to ignore (default: empty)
     pub ignored_file_types: Vec<String>,
     /// Exits without an error when no matches are found (default: false)
-    pub skip_errors: bool,
+    pub allow_empty: bool,
 }