diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c b/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c
index d8de2f2..747ed35 100644
--- a/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ static const struct option_wrapper long_options[] = {
 	{{"queue",	 required_argument,	NULL, 'Q' },
 	 "Configure interface receive queue for AF_XDP, default=0"},
 
-	{{"poll-mode",	 no_argument,		NULL, 'p' },
-	 "Use the poll() API waiting for packets to arrive"},
+	{{"wakeup-mode", no_argument,		NULL, 'w' },
+	 "Use poll() API waiting for packets to arrive via wakeup from kernel"},
 
 	{{"unload",      no_argument,		NULL, 'U' },
 	 "Unload XDP program instead of loading"},
@@ -674,7 +674,8 @@ static void rx_and_process(struct config *cfg,
 	fds[0].events = POLLIN;
 
 	while(!global_exit) {
-		if (cfg->xsk_poll_mode) {
+		if (cfg->xsk_wakeup_mode) {
+			/* poll will wait for events on file descriptors */
 			ret = poll(fds, nfds, -1);
 			if (ret <= 0 || ret > 1)
 				continue;
diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/common_defines.h b/AF_XDP-interaction/common_defines.h
index beb589a..3f275f6 100644
--- a/AF_XDP-interaction/common_defines.h
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/common_defines.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct config {
 	char dest_mac[18];
 	__u16 xsk_bind_flags;
 	int xsk_if_queue;
-	bool xsk_poll_mode;
+	bool xsk_wakeup_mode;
 };
 
 /* Defined in common_params.o */
diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/common_params.c b/AF_XDP-interaction/common_params.c
index abeba5e..758d7fc 100644
--- a/AF_XDP-interaction/common_params.c
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/common_params.c
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ void parse_cmdline_args(int argc, char **argv,
 		case 'U':
 			cfg->do_unload = true;
 			break;
-		case 'p':
-			cfg->xsk_poll_mode = true;
+		case 'w':
+			cfg->xsk_wakeup_mode = true;
 			break;
 		case 'q':
 			verbose = false;