diff --git a/dist/w3c-html-validator.d.ts b/dist/w3c-html-validator.d.ts
index 83e24da..ff3871d 100644
--- a/dist/w3c-html-validator.d.ts
+++ b/dist/w3c-html-validator.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! w3c-html-validator v1.8.0 ~~ https://github.com/center-key/w3c-html-validator ~~ MIT License
+//! w3c-html-validator v1.8.1 ~~ https://github.com/center-key/w3c-html-validator ~~ MIT License
 
 export type ValidatorSettings = {
     html: string;
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export type ValidatorSettings = {
     ignoreLevel: 'info' | 'warning';
     ignoreMessages: (string | RegExp)[];
     output: ValidatorResultsOutput;
-    skip: boolean;
+    dryRun: boolean;
 };
 export type ValidatorResultsMessage = {
     type: 'info' | 'error' | 'non-document-error' | 'network-error';
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export type ValidatorResults = {
     status: number;
     messages: ValidatorResultsMessage[] | null;
     display: string | null;
-    skip: boolean;
+    dryRun: boolean;
 };
 export type ValidatorResultsOutput = ValidatorResults['output'];
 export type ReporterSettings = {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export type ReporterSettings = {
 declare const w3cHtmlValidator: {
     version: string;
     validate(options: Partial<ValidatorSettings>): Promise<ValidatorResults>;
-    skipNotice(): void;
+    dryRunNotice(): void;
     summary(numFiles: number): void;
     reporter(results: ValidatorResults, options?: Partial<ReporterSettings>): ValidatorResults;
 };
diff --git a/dist/w3c-html-validator.js b/dist/w3c-html-validator.js
index 4cf988e..2f94517 100644
--- a/dist/w3c-html-validator.js
+++ b/dist/w3c-html-validator.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! w3c-html-validator v1.8.0 ~~ https://github.com/center-key/w3c-html-validator ~~ MIT License
+//! w3c-html-validator v1.8.1 ~~ https://github.com/center-key/w3c-html-validator ~~ MIT License
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import fs from 'fs';
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import log from 'fancy-log';
 import request from 'superagent';
 import slash from 'slash';
 const w3cHtmlValidator = {
-    version: '1.8.0',
+    version: '1.8.1',
     validate(options) {
         const defaults = {
             checkUrl: 'https://validator.w3.org/nu/',
+            dryRun: false,
             ignoreLevel: null,
             ignoreMessages: [],
             output: 'json',
-            skip: false,
         };
         const settings = { ...defaults, ...options };
         if (!settings.html && !settings.filename && !settings.website)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const w3cHtmlValidator = {
             status: response.statusCode || -1,
             messages: json ? response.body.messages : null,
             display: json ? null : response.text,
-            skip: settings.skip,
+            dryRun: settings.dryRun,
         });
         const handleError = (reason) => {
             const errRes = reason.response ?? {};
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ const w3cHtmlValidator = {
         const pseudoResponse = {
             statusCode: 200,
             body: { messages: [] },
-            text: 'Validation skipped.',
+            text: 'Validation bypassed.',
         };
         const pseudoRequest = () => new Promise(resolve => resolve(pseudoResponse));
-        const validation = settings.skip ? pseudoRequest() : w3cRequest;
+        const validation = settings.dryRun ? pseudoRequest() : w3cRequest;
         return validation.then(filterMessages).then(toValidatorResults).catch(handleError);
     },
-    skipNotice() {
-        log(chalk.gray('w3c-html-validator'), chalk.yellowBright('skip mode:'), chalk.whiteBright('validation being bypassed'));
+    dryRunNotice() {
+        log(chalk.gray('w3c-html-validator'), chalk.yellowBright('dry run mode:'), chalk.whiteBright('validation being bypassed'));
     },
     summary(numFiles) {
         log(chalk.gray('w3c-html-validator'), chalk.magenta('files: ' + numFiles));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 505626d..03a531e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
    "name": "w3c-html-validator",
-   "version": "1.8.0",
+   "version": "1.8.1",
    "description": "Check the markup validity of HTML files using the W3C validator",
    "license": "MIT",
    "type": "module",