diff --git a/beetsplug/bpm.py b/beetsplug/bpm.py
index 4e7b202ac..9166082e3 100644
--- a/beetsplug/bpm.py
+++ b/beetsplug/bpm.py
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ class BPMPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
         super(BPMPlugin, self).__init__()
         self.config.add({
             u'max_strokes': 3,
-            u'overwrite': True,
-            u'write': False
+            u'overwrite': True
         })
 
     def commands(self):
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class BPMPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
     def command(self, lib, opts, args):
         items = lib.items(ui.decargs(args))
-        write = self.config['write'].get(bool)
+        write = ui.should_write()
         self.get_bpm(items, write)
 
     def get_bpm(self, items, write=False):
diff --git a/docs/plugins/bpm.rst b/docs/plugins/bpm.rst
index f622ebc8d..012c3903c 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/bpm.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/bpm.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ for instance, with ``mpc`` you can do something like::
 
      beet bpm $(mpc |head -1|tr -d "-")
 
+If :ref:`import.write <config-import-write>` is ``yes``, the song's tags are
+written to disk.
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
@@ -33,8 +36,6 @@ The available options are:
   Default: 3.
 - **overwrite**: Overwrite the track's existing BPM.
   Default: ``yes``.
-- **write**: Write the song's tags to file when the BPM is updated.
-  Default: ``no``.
 
 Credit
 ------
diff --git a/docs/reference/config.rst b/docs/reference/config.rst
index b074edf5c..827b6855a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/config.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/config.rst
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ file that looks like this::
 
 These options are available in this section:
 
+.. _config-import-write:
+
 write
 ~~~~~