lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm       |  2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm  |  2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm | 16 ++++++++--------
 t/lei-q-kw.t                 | 10 +++++-----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index fdd9f8c86231cb95a6c3e6b4d7a87c5753b791b8..50276a505abbce64a4b1d2cff009d799c9aedead 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ 	'stdin|', # /|\z/ must be first for lone dash
 	qw(save-as=s output|mfolder|o=s format|f=s dedupe|d=s threads|t+
 	sort|s=s reverse|r offset=i remote! local! external! pretty
 	include|I=s@ exclude=s@ only=s@ jobs|j=s globoff|g augment|a
-	import-remote! import-augment! lock=s@
+	import-remote! import-before! lock=s@
 	alert=s@ mua=s no-torsocks torsocks=s verbose|v+ quiet|q C=s@),
 	PublicInbox::LeiQuery::curl_opt(), opt_dash('limit|n=i', '[0-9]+') ],
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
index c630d62809a38fa1184cdcb71b7f8cd0e4d87b80..493a83825d2c4e64a1f350ad6ea329b3fc32fb1d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 	# we'll allow "--only $LOCATION --local"
 	my $sto = $self->_lei_store(1);
 	my $lse = $sto->search;
 	if (($opt->{'import-remote'} //= 1) |
-			($opt->{'import-augment'} //= 1)) {
+			($opt->{'import-before'} //= 1)) {
 		$sto->write_prepare($self);
 	}
 	if ($opt->{'local'} //= scalar(@only) ? 0 : 1) {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
index 6290f35e667da776a7f9bf2a9cdaf0f15d0f59f6..1e2060fe973d129f0ddffec6db17f1fac68e4ce5 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
 sub _do_augment_maildir {
 	my ($self, $lei) = @_;
 	my $dst = $lei->{ovv}->{dst};
-	my $lse = $lei->{sto}->search if $lei->{opt}->{'import-augment'};
+	my $lse = $lei->{sto}->search if $lei->{opt}->{'import-before'};
 	my ($mod, $shard) = @{$self->{shard_info} // []};
 	if ($lei->{opt}->{augment}) {
 		my $dedupe = $lei->{dedupe};
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 sub _do_augment_imap {
 	my ($self, $lei) = @_;
 	my $net = $lei->{net};
-	my $lse = $lei->{sto}->search if $lei->{opt}->{'import-augment'};
+	my $lse = $lei->{sto}->search if $lei->{opt}->{'import-before'};
 	if ($lei->{opt}->{augment}) {
 		my $dedupe = $lei->{dedupe};
 		if ($dedupe && $dedupe->prepare_dedupe) {
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ 	if (!$self->{seekable} && $! != ESPIPE && $dst ne '/dev/stdout') {
 		die "seek($dst): $!\n";
 	}
 	if (!$self->{seekable}) {
-		my $ia = $lei->{opt}->{'import-augment'};
-		die "--import-augment specified but $dst is not seekable\n"
+		my $ia = $lei->{opt}->{'import-before'};
+		die "--import-before specified but $dst is not seekable\n"
 			if $ia && !ref($ia);
 		die "--augment specified but $dst is not seekable\n" if
 			$lei->{opt}->{augment};
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ 	my $opt = $lei->{opt};
 	my $out = $lei->{1};
 	my ($fmt, $dst) = @{$lei->{ovv}}{qw(fmt dst)};
 	return unless -s $out;
-	unless ($opt->{augment} || $opt->{'import-augment'}) {
+	unless ($opt->{augment} || $opt->{'import-before'}) {
 		truncate($out, 0) or die "truncate($dst): $!";
 		return;
 	}
@@ -544,14 +544,14 @@ 	if ($opt->{augment}) {
 		$dedupe = $lei->{dedupe};
 		$dedupe->prepare_dedupe if $dedupe;
 	}
-	if ($opt->{'import-augment'}) { # the default
+	if ($opt->{'import-before'}) { # the default
 		my $lse = $lei->{sto}->search;
 		PublicInbox::MboxReader->$fmt($rd, \&_mbox_augment_kw_maybe,
 						$lei, $lse, $opt->{augment});
 		if (!$opt->{augment} and !truncate($out, 0)) {
 			die "truncate($dst): $!";
 		}
-	} else { # --augment --no-import-augment
+	} else { # --augment --no-import-before
 		PublicInbox::MboxReader->$fmt($rd, \&_augment, $lei);
 	}
 	# maybe some systems don't honor O_APPEND, Perl does this:
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
 # fast (spawn compressor or mkdir), runs in same process as pre_augment
 sub post_augment {
 	my ($self, $lei, @args) = @_;
-	my $wait = $lei->{opt}->{'import-augment'} ?
+	my $wait = $lei->{opt}->{'import-before'} ?
 			$lei->{sto}->ipc_do('checkpoint', 1) : 0;
 	# _post_augment_mbox
 	my $m = $self->can("_post_augment_$self->{base_type}") or return;
diff --git a/t/lei-q-kw.t b/t/lei-q-kw.t
index babe97497b991bb00f3f4cf23ad380eeaba4b0a4..9daeb5b1976a40c8fb97c1771c247e20ba3f0259 100644
--- a/t/lei-q-kw.t
+++ b/t/lei-q-kw.t
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ lei_ok(qw(q -o), "maildir:$o", qw(m:qp@example.com));
 @fn = glob("$o/cur/*:2,S");
 is(scalar(@fn), 1, "`seen' flag set on Maildir file");
 
-# ensure --no-import-augment works
+# ensure --no-import-before works
 my $n = $fn[0];
 $n =~ s/,S\z/,RS/;
 rename($fn[0], $n) or BAIL_OUT "rename $!";
-lei_ok(qw(q --no-import-augment -o), "maildir:$o",
+lei_ok(qw(q --no-import-before -o), "maildir:$o",
 	qw(m:bogus-noresults@example.com));
-ok(!glob("$o/cur/*"), '--no-import-augment cleared destination');
+ok(!glob("$o/cur/*"), '--no-import-before cleared destination');
 lei_ok(qw(q -o), "maildir:$o", qw(m:qp@example.com));
 @fn = glob("$o/cur/*:2,S");
 is(scalar(@fn), 1, "`seen' flag (but not `replied') set on Maildir file");
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ 	$o = "$ENV{HOME}/fifo";
 	mkfifo($o, 0600) or skip("mkfifo not supported: $!", 1);
 	# cat(1) since lei() may not execve for FD_CLOEXEC to work
 	my $cat = popen_rd(['cat', $o]);
-	ok(!lei(qw(q --import-augment bogus -o), "mboxrd:$o"),
-		'--import-augment fails on non-seekable output');
+	ok(!lei(qw(q --import-before bogus -o), "mboxrd:$o"),
+		'--import-before fails on non-seekable output');
 	is(do { local $/; <$cat> }, '', 'no output on FIFO');
 };