diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4529 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4529
index 2e8bbbed7..c3ec69510 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4529
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4529
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To prevent the upload of corrupted data to the repository, restic now
 additionally verifies that files can be decoded and contain the correct data
 beforehand. This increases the CPU usage during backups. If absolutely
 necessary, you can disable the verification using the option
-`--no-verify-pack`.
+`--no-extra-verify`.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4529
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4681
diff --git a/cmd/restic/global.go b/cmd/restic/global.go
index 49cb894fa..08342435a 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/global.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/global.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type GlobalOptions struct {
 	CleanupCache    bool
 	Compression     repository.CompressionMode
 	PackSize        uint
-	NoVerifyPack    bool
+	NoExtraVerify   bool
 
 	backend.TransportOptions
 	limiter.Limits
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.BoolVar(&globalOptions.InsecureTLS, "insecure-tls", false, "skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)")
 	f.BoolVar(&globalOptions.CleanupCache, "cleanup-cache", false, "auto remove old cache directories")
 	f.Var(&globalOptions.Compression, "compression", "compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)")
-	f.BoolVar(&globalOptions.NoVerifyPack, "no-verify-pack", false, "skip verification of data before upload")
+	f.BoolVar(&globalOptions.NoExtraVerify, "no-extra-verify", false, "skip verification of data before upload")
 	f.IntVar(&globalOptions.Limits.UploadKb, "limit-upload", 0, "limits uploads to a maximum `rate` in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)")
 	f.IntVar(&globalOptions.Limits.DownloadKb, "limit-download", 0, "limits downloads to a maximum `rate` in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)")
 	f.UintVar(&globalOptions.PackSize, "pack-size", 0, "set target pack `size` in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)")
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ func OpenRepository(ctx context.Context, opts GlobalOptions) (*repository.Reposi
 	}
 
 	s, err := repository.New(be, repository.Options{
-		Compression:  opts.Compression,
-		PackSize:     opts.PackSize * 1024 * 1024,
-		NoVerifyPack: opts.NoVerifyPack,
+		Compression:   opts.Compression,
+		PackSize:      opts.PackSize * 1024 * 1024,
+		NoExtraVerify: opts.NoExtraVerify,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Fatal(err.Error())
diff --git a/internal/repository/repack_test.go b/internal/repository/repack_test.go
index c07c0a943..e5e46ac2a 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repack_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repack_test.go
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func TestRepackWrongBlob(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testRepackWrongBlob(t *testing.T, version uint) {
 	// disable verification to allow adding corrupted blobs to the repository
-	repo := repository.TestRepositoryWithBackend(t, nil, version, repository.Options{NoVerifyPack: true})
+	repo := repository.TestRepositoryWithBackend(t, nil, version, repository.Options{NoExtraVerify: true})
 
 	seed := time.Now().UnixNano()
 	rand.Seed(seed)
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func TestRepackBlobFallback(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testRepackBlobFallback(t *testing.T, version uint) {
 	// disable verification to allow adding corrupted blobs to the repository
-	repo := repository.TestRepositoryWithBackend(t, nil, version, repository.Options{NoVerifyPack: true})
+	repo := repository.TestRepositoryWithBackend(t, nil, version, repository.Options{NoExtraVerify: true})
 
 	seed := time.Now().UnixNano()
 	rand.Seed(seed)
diff --git a/internal/repository/repair_pack_test.go b/internal/repository/repair_pack_test.go
index c9b0badfc..b950245aa 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repair_pack_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repair_pack_test.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func testRepairBrokenPack(t *testing.T, version uint) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			// disable verification to allow adding corrupted blobs to the repository
-			repo := repository.TestRepositoryWithBackend(t, nil, version, repository.Options{NoVerifyPack: true})
+			repo := repository.TestRepositoryWithBackend(t, nil, version, repository.Options{NoExtraVerify: true})
 
 			seed := time.Now().UnixNano()
 			rand.Seed(seed)
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index f8b21586a..917b7318f 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ type Repository struct {
 }
 
 type Options struct {
-	Compression  CompressionMode
-	PackSize     uint
-	NoVerifyPack bool
+	Compression   CompressionMode
+	PackSize      uint
+	NoExtraVerify bool
 }
 
 // CompressionMode configures if data should be compressed.
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func (r *Repository) saveAndEncrypt(ctx context.Context, t restic.BlobType, data
 }
 
 func (r *Repository) verifyCiphertext(buf []byte, uncompressedLength int, id restic.ID) error {
-	if r.opts.NoVerifyPack {
+	if r.opts.NoExtraVerify {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ func (r *Repository) SaveUnpacked(ctx context.Context, t restic.FileType, buf []
 }
 
 func (r *Repository) verifyUnpacked(buf []byte, t restic.FileType, expected []byte) error {
-	if r.opts.NoVerifyPack {
+	if r.opts.NoExtraVerify {
 		return nil
 	}