diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 9843132..dce4138 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int client_mainloop(void) {
 				pkt.len = len;
 				if (KEY_REDRAW && pkt.u.msg[0] == KEY_REDRAW) {
 					client.need_resize = true;
-				} else if (pkt.u.msg[0] == KEY_DETACH) {
+				} else if (pkt.u.msg[0] == KEY_COMMAND) {
                     client.await_command = true;
 				} else if (!(client.flags & CLIENT_READONLY)) {
 					client_send_packet(&pkt);
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 4b6baa1..bc99974 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* default command to execute if non is given and $ABDUCO_CMD is unset */
 #define ABDUCO_CMD "bash"
 /* default detach key, can be overriden at run time using -e option */
-static char KEY_DETACH = CTRL('\\');
+static char KEY_COMMAND = CTRL('\\');
 /* redraw key to send a SIGWINCH signal to underlying process
  * (set to 0 to disable the redraw key) */
 static char KEY_REDRAW = 0;
diff --git a/splex.c b/splex.c
index 57faf56..082825f 100644
--- a/splex.c
+++ b/splex.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             }
 			if (optarg[0] == '^' && optarg[1])
 				optarg[0] = CTRL(optarg[1]);
-			KEY_DETACH = optarg[0];
+			KEY_COMMAND = optarg[0];
 			break;
         case 'h':
             usage();