diff --git a/osbenchmark/benchmark.py b/osbenchmark/benchmark.py
index ff5527e89..73ee46527 100644
--- a/osbenchmark/benchmark.py
+++ b/osbenchmark/benchmark.py
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ def add_workload_source(subparser):
              "(default: localhost:9200).",
         default="")  # actually the default is pipeline specific and it is set later
     test_execution_parser.add_argument(
-        "--load-worker-coordinator-hosts",
+        "--worker-ips",
         help="Define a comma-separated list of hosts which should generate load (default: localhost).",
         default="localhost")
     test_execution_parser.add_argument(
@@ -859,8 +859,8 @@ def dispatch_sub_command(arg_parser, args, cfg):
             cfg.add(
                 config.Scope.applicationOverride,
                 "worker_coordinator",
-                "load_worker_coordinator_hosts",
-                opts.csv_to_list(args.load_worker_coordinator_hosts))
+                "worker_ips",
+                opts.csv_to_list(args.worker_ips))
             cfg.add(config.Scope.applicationOverride, "workload", "test.mode.enabled", args.test_mode)
             configure_workload_params(arg_parser, args, cfg)
             configure_connection_params(arg_parser, args, cfg)
diff --git a/osbenchmark/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator.py b/osbenchmark/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator.py
index 98b6f551e..05ac03535 100644
--- a/osbenchmark/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator.py
+++ b/osbenchmark/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator.py
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ def __init__(self, target, config, os_client_factory_class=client.OsClientFactor
         self.workload = None
         self.test_procedure = None
         self.metrics_store = None
-        self.load_worker_coordinator_hosts = []
+        self.worker_ips = []
         self.workers = []
         # which client ids are assigned to which workers?
         self.clients_per_worker = {}
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ def prepare_benchmark(self, t):
         # are not useful and attempts to connect to a non-existing cluster just lead to exception traces in logs.
         self.prepare_telemetry(os_clients, enable=not uses_static_responses)
 
-        for host in self.config.opts("worker_coordinator", "load_worker_coordinator_hosts"):
+        for host in self.config.opts("worker_coordinator", "worker_ips"):
             host_config = {
                 # for simplicity we assume that all benchmark machines have the same specs
                 "cores": num_cores(self.config)
@@ -646,9 +646,9 @@ def prepare_benchmark(self, t):
             else:
                 host_config["host"] = host
 
-            self.load_worker_coordinator_hosts.append(host_config)
+            self.worker_ips.append(host_config)
 
-        self.target.prepare_workload([h["host"] for h in self.load_worker_coordinator_hosts], self.config, self.workload)
+        self.target.prepare_workload([h["host"] for h in self.worker_ips], self.config, self.workload)
 
     def start_benchmark(self):
         self.logger.info("Benchmark is about to start.")
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ def start_benchmark(self):
         if allocator.clients < 128:
             self.logger.info("Allocation matrix:\n%s", "\n".join([str(a) for a in self.allocations]))
 
-        worker_assignments = calculate_worker_assignments(self.load_worker_coordinator_hosts, allocator.clients)
+        worker_assignments = calculate_worker_assignments(self.worker_ips, allocator.clients)
         worker_id = 0
         for assignment in worker_assignments:
             host = assignment["host"]
diff --git a/tests/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator_test.py b/tests/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator_test.py
index bf7865288..31391f3c4 100644
--- a/tests/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator_test.py
+++ b/tests/worker_coordinator/worker_coordinator_test.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.cfg.add(config.Scope.application, "client", "hosts",
                      WorkerCoordinatorTests.Holder(all_hosts={"default": ["localhost:9200"]}))
         self.cfg.add(config.Scope.application, "client", "options", WorkerCoordinatorTests.Holder(all_client_options={"default": {}}))
-        self.cfg.add(config.Scope.application, "worker_coordinator", "load_worker_coordinator_hosts", ["localhost"])
+        self.cfg.add(config.Scope.application, "worker_coordinator", "worker_ips", ["localhost"])
         self.cfg.add(config.Scope.application, "results_publishing", "datastore.type", "in-memory")
 
         default_test_procedure = workload.TestProcedure("default", default=True, schedule=[
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def create_test_worker_coordinator_target(self):
     @mock.patch("osbenchmark.utils.net.resolve")
     def test_start_benchmark_and_prepare_workload(self, resolve):
         # override load worker_coordinator host
-        self.cfg.add(config.Scope.applicationOverride, "worker_coordinator", "load_worker_coordinator_hosts", ["10.5.5.1", "10.5.5.2"])
+        self.cfg.add(config.Scope.applicationOverride, "worker_coordinator", "worker_ips", ["10.5.5.1", "10.5.5.2"])
         resolve.side_effect = ["10.5.5.1", "10.5.5.2"]
 
         target = self.create_test_worker_coordinator_target()