diff --git a/wl-overlay.c b/wl-overlay.c
index f853264..a642c26 100644
--- a/wl-overlay.c
+++ b/wl-overlay.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define STR_EQUAL 0
 
 #define DEFAULT_BORDER_RADIUS   15
-#define DEFAULT_MARGIN          10
+#define DEFAULT_PADDING         10
 #define DEFAULT_WIDTH           256
 #define DEFAULT_HEIGHT          256
 #define DEFAULT_FONT            "Fira Sans 17"
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct user_request {
 	int border_radius;
 	int width;
 	int height;
-	int margin;
+	int padding;
 };
 
 struct client_state {
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ draw_frame(struct client_state *state, const int width, const int height)
 		/* Set transformations to fit image in box */
 		int img_width  = cairo_image_surface_get_width(cairo_png_surface);
 		int img_height = cairo_image_surface_get_height(cairo_png_surface);
-		double width_scale  =  ((double)width  - 2*state->user_request.margin)            / img_width;
-		double height_scale = (((double)height - 2*state->user_request.margin) * 3 / 4.0) / img_height;
+		double width_scale  =  ((double)width  - 2*state->user_request.padding)            / img_width;
+		double height_scale = (((double)height - 2*state->user_request.padding) * 3 / 4.0) / img_height;
 		double scale = MIN(width_scale, height_scale);
 		if (scale > 1.0) scale = 1.0;
 		cairo_translate(cairo,
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ draw_frame(struct client_state *state, const int width, const int height)
 		PangoLayout *layout = pango_cairo_create_layout(cairo);
 		pango_layout_set_text(layout, state->user_request.text, -1);
 		pango_layout_set_alignment(layout, PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER);
-		pango_layout_set_width(layout, (width - 2*state->user_request.margin) * PANGO_SCALE);
+		pango_layout_set_width(layout, (width - 2*state->user_request.padding) * PANGO_SCALE);
 		PangoFontDescription *desc = pango_font_description_from_string(
 				state->user_request.font != NULL ? state->user_request.font : DEFAULT_FONT);
 		pango_layout_set_font_description(layout, desc);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ draw_frame(struct client_state *state, const int width, const int height)
 		set_source_argb_cairo(cairo, &state->user_request.text_color);
 		int text_width = 0, text_height = 0;
 		pango_layout_get_size(layout, &text_width, &text_height);
-		cairo_move_to(cairo, state->user_request.margin, 3*height/4.0);
+		cairo_move_to(cairo, state->user_request.padding, 3*height/4.0);
 		pango_cairo_show_layout(cairo, layout);
 		g_object_unref(layout);
 	}
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ static const struct wl_registry_listener wl_registry_listener = {
 	.global_remove = registry_global_remove,
 };
 
+
 static void
 parse_hex(char *hex, struct color_argb *result_color) {
 	if (strlen(hex) != 4 * 2) {
@@ -315,10 +316,10 @@ print_usage()
 			"  --font=<str>            Set font of text (default ‘" DEFAULT_FONT "’)\n"
 			"  --width=<int>           \n"
 			"  --height=<int>          Set width and height (default %d×%d)\n"
-			"  --height=<int>          Set margin around image and text (default %d)\n",
+			"  --padding=<int>         Set padding around image and text (default %d)\n",
 			DEFAULT_BORDER_RADIUS,
 			DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT,
-			DEFAULT_MARGIN);
+			DEFAULT_PADDING);
 }
 
 int
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	state.user_request.backdrop = DEFAULT_BACKDROP_COLOR;
 	state.user_request.width = DEFAULT_WIDTH;
 	state.user_request.height = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
-	state.user_request.margin = DEFAULT_MARGIN;
+	state.user_request.padding = DEFAULT_PADDING;
 
 	int c;
 
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			{"font",          required_argument, 0,  0 },
 			{"width",         required_argument, 0,  0 },
 			{"height",        required_argument, 0,  0 },
-			{"margin",        required_argument, 0,  0 },
+			{"padding",       required_argument, 0,  0 },
 			{0,               0,                 0,  0 }
 		};
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 					case 5: state.user_request.font = strdup(optarg); break;
 					case 6: state.user_request.width = atoi(optarg); break;
 					case 7: state.user_request.height = atoi(optarg); break;
-					case 8: state.user_request.margin = atoi(optarg); break;
+					case 8: state.user_request.padding = atoi(optarg); break;
 					default: break;
 				}
 				break;