diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0edea84..e3283cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The following have been tested with Debian 8, it should work on Ubuntu as well.
 
 ### Fail2Ban configuration
 
-* `gitea_install_fail2ban_config`: Wether to deploy the fail2ban config snippets
+* `gitea_fail2ban_enabled`: Wether to deploy the fail2ban config snippets
 
 ## Disclaimer
 This module is currently a work in progress. For now it is only able to install
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 62cc461..1e00988 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ gitea_mailer_skip_verify: true
 gitea_mailer_host:    localhost:25
 gitea_mailer_from:    noreply@your.domain
 
-gitea_install_fail2ban_config: false
+gitea_fail2ban_enabled: false
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 357fd49..c03ccea 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
     enabled: true
 
 - include: fail2ban.yml
-  when: gitea_install_fail2ban_config
\ No newline at end of file
+  when: gitea_fail2ban_enabled
\ No newline at end of file