diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d0923c..c2dba4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ Flags:
       --attestations-path string      path to a file containing the attestations
   -h, --help                          help for verify-vsa
       --print-attestation             [optional] print the contents of attestation to stdout
-      --public-key-hash-algo string   [optional] the hash algorithm used to compute the digest to be signed, one of SHA256 [default], SHA384, or SHA512
+      --public-key-signing-hash-algo string   [optional] the hash algorithm used to compute the digest to be signed, one of SHA256 [default], SHA384, or SHA512
       --public-key-id string          [optional] the ID of the public key, defaults to the SHA256 digest of the base64-encoded public key
       --public-key-path string        path to a public key file
       --resource-uri string           the resource URI to be verified
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ $ slsa-verifier verify-vsa \
 --verified-levels "BCID_L1, SLSA_BUILD_LEVEL_2" \
 --public-key-path ./cli/slsa-verifier/testdata/vsa/gce/v1/vsa_signing_public_key.pem \
 --public-key-id keystore://76574:prod:vsa_signing_public_key \
---public-key-hash-algo SHA256 \
+--public-key-signing-hash-algo SHA256 \
 --print-attestation
 ```
 
diff --git a/cli/slsa-verifier/verify/options.go b/cli/slsa-verifier/verify/options.go
index 4f0e2e6..e853e8c 100644
--- a/cli/slsa-verifier/verify/options.go
+++ b/cli/slsa-verifier/verify/options.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (o *VerifyVSAOptions) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.PublicKeyID, "public-key-id", "",
 		"[optional] the ID of the public key, defaults to the SHA256 digest of the base64-encoded public key")
 
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.PublicKeyHashAlgo, "public-key-hash-algo", "SHA256",
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.PublicKeyHashAlgo, "public-key-signing-hash-algo", "SHA256",
 		"[optional] the hash algorithm used to compute the digest to be signed, one of SHA256 [default], SHA384, or SHA512")
 
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("subject-digests")
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (o *VerifyVSAOptions) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("verifier-id")
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("resource-uri")
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("public-key-path")
-	// public-key-id" and "public-key-hash-algo" are optional since they have useful defaults
+	// public-key-id" and "public-key-signing-hash-algo" are optional since they have useful defaults
 }
 
 type workflowInputs struct {