diff --git a/apps/CA.pl.in b/apps/CA.pl.in
index 940e7d60abc65138a6327b59483e12272fe97a79..b9b93cb452608685882d6e047a050d6d3687bf86 100644
--- a/apps/CA.pl.in
+++ b/apps/CA.pl.in
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if ($WHAT eq '-newcert' ) {
     # create a certificate
     $RET = run("$REQ -new -x509 -keyout $NEWKEY -out $NEWCERT $DAYS $EXTRA{req}");
     print "Cert is in $NEWCERT, private key is in $NEWKEY\n" if $RET == 0;
-} elsif ($WHAT eq '-newprecert' ) {
+} elsif ($WHAT eq '-precert' ) {
     # create a pre-certificate
     $RET = run("$REQ -new -x509 -precert -keyout $NEWKEY -out $NEWCERT $DAYS");
     print "Pre-cert is in $NEWCERT, private key is in $NEWKEY\n" if $RET == 0;
diff --git a/test/recipes/80-test_ca.t b/test/recipes/80-test_ca.t
index 4766b8280d536aecf302a8f44da463a3f1350759..e9ff318ff31211892a134851c5e86296af293b89 100644
--- a/test/recipes/80-test_ca.t
+++ b/test/recipes/80-test_ca.t
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ plan tests => 5;
         'verifying new certificate');
 
      $ENV{OPENSSL_CONFIG} = "-config ".srctop_file("test", "Uss.cnf");
-     ok(run(perlapp(["CA.pl", "-newprecert"], stderr => undef)),
+     ok(run(perlapp(["CA.pl", "-precert"], stderr => undef)),
         'creating new pre-certificate');
 }