diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef418c4..02fea71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ Nativefier will intelligently attempt to determine the app name, your OS and pro
 $ nativefier --app-name "Some Awesome App" "http://medium.com"
 ```
 
-Certain websites such as WhatsApp Web might say that your browser is unsupported. To get around this, simply pass in the `--pretend` flag, as such:
-
-```
-$ nativefier --pretend "http://web.whatsapp.com"
-```
-
-This will use a preset user agent string to make the website think you're accessing it from a regular Google Chrome browser.
-
 Other command line options are listed below.
 
 ## Options
@@ -136,7 +128,7 @@ There is no known way to intercept and set an event listener for a desktop notif
 
 However, this would cause issues when the command line argument `target` is set to a external page which is not a single page app, because clicking on hyperlinks and switching pages would naturally change the `document.title`. Hence, `--badge` is an optional command argument that can be set by the user if the side effect of this workaround is understood.
 
-#### [counter[
+#### [counter]
 
 ```
 --counter
@@ -168,12 +160,14 @@ Height of the packaged application, defaults to `800px`.
 
 Set the user agent to run the created app with.
 
-### [pretend]
-```
--p, --pretend
-```
+### [honest]
 
-Uses a preset user agent string for your OS and pretends to be a regular Google Chrome browser.
+```
+--honest
+```
+By default, nativefier uses a preset user agent string for your OS and masquerades as a regular Google Chrome browser, so that sites like WhatsApp Web will not say that the current browser is unsupported.
+
+If this flag is passed, it will not override the user agent.
 
 ## How It Works
 
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 6edafad..8dbf778 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function main(program) {
                 program.width,
                 program.height,
                 program.userAgent,
-                program.pretend,
+                program.honest,
                 callback);
         },
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if (require.main === module) {
         .option('-w, --width <value>', 'set window width, defaults to 1280px', parseInt)
         .option('-h, --height <value>', 'set window height, defaults to 800px', parseInt)
         .option('-u, --user-agent <value>', 'set the user agent string for the app')
-        .option('-p, --pretend', 'pretends to be a normal chrome browser')
+        .option('--honest', 'prevent the nativefied app from changing the user agent string to masquerade as a regular chrome browser')
         .parse(process.argv);
 
     if (!process.argv.slice(2).length) {
diff --git a/src/options.js b/src/options.js
index 2744e43..75f9cbe 100644
--- a/src/options.js
+++ b/src/options.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
                         width = 1280,
                         height = 800,
                         userAgent,
-                        pretend,
+                        honest = false,
                         callback) {
 
     targetUrl = normalizeUrl(targetUrl);
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
         height = 800;
     }
 
-    if (!userAgent && pretend) {
+    if (!userAgent && !honest) {
         userAgent = getFakeUserAgent();
     }