diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 17262efbe..337497950 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def cmdLineParser():
 
         request.add_option("--skip-urlencode", dest="skipUrlEncode",
                            action="store_true",
-                           help="Skip URL encoding of POST data")
+                           help="Skip URL encoding of payload data")
 
         request.add_option("--eval", dest="evalCode",
                            help="Evaluate provided Python code before the request (e.g. \"import hashlib;id2=hashlib.md5(id).hexdigest()\")")
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index 1db37a192..92b2999b4 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ safUrl =
 # Default: 0
 saFreq = 0
 
-# Skip URL encoding of POST data
+# Skip URL encoding of payload data
 # Valid: True or False
 skipUrlEncode = False