diff --git a/src/seeder/main.cpp b/src/seeder/main.cpp
--- a/src/seeder/main.cpp
+++ b/src/seeder/main.cpp
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@
                  OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-host=<host>", _("Hostname of the DNS seed"), false,
                  OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-ns=<ns>", _("Hostname of the nameserver"), false,
+    gArgs.AddArg("-nameserver=<ns>", _("Hostname of the nameserver"), false,
                  OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-mbox=<mbox>", _("E-Mail address reported in SOA records"),
+    gArgs.AddArg("-email=<mbox>", _("E-Mail address reported in SOA records"),
                  false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-threads=<threads>",
                  _("Number of crawlers to run in parallel (default 96)"), false,
@@ -502,8 +502,8 @@
     }
 
     // Get hostname of nameserver
-    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-ns")) {
-        opts.ns = gArgs.GetArg("-ns", "").c_str();
+    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-nameserver")) {
+        opts.ns = gArgs.GetArg("-nameserver", "").c_str();
     } else {
         // No hostname set
         fprintf(stdout, "No nameserver set. Not starting DNS server.\n");
@@ -520,11 +520,11 @@
     }
 
     // Get email
-    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-mbox")) {
-        opts.mbox = gArgs.GetArg("-mbox", "").c_str();
+    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-email")) {
+        opts.mbox = gArgs.GetArg("-email", "").c_str();
     }
     if (fDNS && !opts.mbox) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "No e-mail address set. Please use -mbox.\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "No e-mail address set. Please use -email.\n");
         return false;
     }
     FILE *f = fsbridge::fopen("dnsseed.dat", "r");