diff --git a/cmd/discreteLog.go b/cmd/discreteLog.go
index f025a86..a3259ef 100644
--- a/cmd/discreteLog.go
+++ b/cmd/discreteLog.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var discreteLogModulus string
-var discreteLogGenerator string
+var discreteLogBase string
 var discreteLogElement string
 var discreteLogOrder string
 
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ func discreteLog(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		cobra.CheckErr("invalid modulus " + discreteLogModulus)
 	}
 
-	g, ok := new(big.Int).SetString(discreteLogGenerator, 10)
+	g, ok := new(big.Int).SetString(discreteLogBase, 10)
 	if !ok {
-		cobra.CheckErr("invalid generator " + discreteLogGenerator)
+		cobra.CheckErr("invalid base " + discreteLogBase)
 	}
 
 	x, ok := new(big.Int).SetString(discreteLogElement, 10)
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ func init() {
 	discreteLogCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&discreteLogModulus, "modulus", "m", "", "modulus of the cyclic group")
 	discreteLogCmd.MarkFlagRequired("modulus")
 
-	discreteLogCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&discreteLogGenerator, "generator", "g", "", "generator of the cyclic group")
-	discreteLogCmd.MarkFlagRequired("generator")
+	discreteLogCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&discreteLogBase, "base", "b", "", "logarithmic base")
+	discreteLogCmd.MarkFlagRequired("base")
 
 	discreteLogCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&discreteLogElement, "element", "e", "", "element of the cyclic group to compute logarithm of")
 	discreteLogCmd.MarkFlagRequired("element")