diff --git a/config/load.go b/config/load.go
index aa6cfda26..72b2b70e4 100644
--- a/config/load.go
+++ b/config/load.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func load(cmdline, environ, envprefix []string, props *properties.Properties) (c
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid proxy.strategy: %s", cfg.Proxy.Strategy)
 	}
 
-	if cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "prefix" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "glob" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "nocase" {
+	if cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "prefix" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "glob" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "iprefix" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid proxy.matcher: %s", cfg.Proxy.Matcher)
 	}
 
diff --git a/config/load_test.go b/config/load_test.go
index 8f3150548..29fb9682a 100644
--- a/config/load_test.go
+++ b/config/load_test.go
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			args: []string{"-proxy.matcher", "nocase"},
+			args: []string{"-proxy.matcher", "iprefix"},
 			cfg: func(cfg *Config) *Config {
-				cfg.Proxy.Matcher = "nocase"
+				cfg.Proxy.Matcher = "iprefix"
 				return cfg
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md b/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md
index 38af329e7..dea344fef 100644
--- a/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md
+++ b/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function.
 For example, `/foo*` matches `/foo`, `/fool` and `/fools`. Also, `/foo/*/bar`
 matches `/foo/x/bar`.
 
-`nocase` matching is similar to `prefix`, except it uses a case insensitive comparison
+`iprefix` matching is similar to `prefix`, except it uses a case insensitive comparison
 
 The default is
 
diff --git a/fabio.properties b/fabio.properties
index 4887267d8..42177a9fc 100644
--- a/fabio.properties
+++ b/fabio.properties
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 #
 # prefix: prefix matching
 # glob:  glob matching
-# nocase: matches using a case insensitive test
+# iprefix: case-insensitive prefix matching
 #
 # The default is
 #
diff --git a/route/matcher.go b/route/matcher.go
index dd951ce49..e1e817641 100644
--- a/route/matcher.go
+++ b/route/matcher.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ type matcher func(uri string, r *Route) bool
 // Matcher contains the available matcher functions.
 // Update config/load.go#load after updating.
 var Matcher = map[string]matcher{
-	"prefix": prefixMatcher,
-	"glob":   globMatcher,
-	"nocase": noCaseMatcher,
+	"prefix":  prefixMatcher,
+	"glob":    globMatcher,
+	"iprefix": iPrefixMatcher,
 }
 
 // prefixMatcher matches path to the routes' path.
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ func globMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
 	return r.Glob.Match(uri)
 }
 
-// noCase matches path to the routes' path ignoring case
-func noCaseMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
+// iPrefixMatcher matches path to the routes' path ignoring case
+func iPrefixMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
 	lowerURI := strings.ToLower(uri)
 	lowerPath := strings.ToLower(r.Path)
 	return strings.HasPrefix(lowerURI, lowerPath)
diff --git a/route/matcher_test.go b/route/matcher_test.go
index 89284bbd9..163be120d 100644
--- a/route/matcher_test.go
+++ b/route/matcher_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestGlobMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNoCaseMatcher(t *testing.T) {
+func TestIPrefixMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		uri     string
 		matches bool
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestNoCaseMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.uri, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got, want := noCaseMatcher(tt.uri, tt.route), tt.matches; got != want {
+			if got, want := iPrefixMatcher(tt.uri, tt.route), tt.matches; got != want {
 				t.Fatalf("got %v want %v", got, want)
 			}
 		})