diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 75e605796..358298404 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                 ->scalarNode('cache_prefix')->defaultValue('/media/cache')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('cache')->defaultValue('web_path')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('cache_base_path')->defaultValue('')->end()
-                ->booleanNode('auto_clear_cache')->defaultValue(true)->end()
+                ->booleanNode('cache_clearer')->defaultValue(true)->end()
                 ->scalarNode('data_loader')->defaultValue('filesystem')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('controller_action')->defaultValue('liip_imagine.controller:filterAction')->end()
                 ->arrayNode('formats')
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php
index 5f1bd9021..2069d3073 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         $loader = new XmlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(__DIR__.'/../Resources/config'));
         $loader->load('imagine.xml');
 
-        if ($config['auto_clear_cache']) {
+        if ($config['cache_clearer']) {
             $loader->load('cache_clearer.xml');
         }
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6e875597..2985c35bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ liip_imagine:
     data_root:            %liip_imagine.web_root%
     cache_prefix:         /media/cache
     cache:                web_path
-    auto_clear_cache      true
+    cache_clearer:        true
     data_loader:          filesystem
     controller_action:    liip_imagine.controller:filterAction
     formats:              []
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ There are several configuration options available:
 
     default: web_path (which means the standard web_path resolver is used)
 
- - `auto_clear_cache` - Whether or not to clear the image cache when the `kernel.cache_clearer` event occurs.
+ - `cache_clearer` - Whether or not to clear the image cache when the `kernel.cache_clearer` event occurs.
     This option doesn't have any effect in symfony < 2.1
 
     default: true
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtensionTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtensionTest.php
index adf1d4a79..37c658ce3 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtensionTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtensionTest.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ protected function getFullConfig()
 web_root: ../foo/bar
 cache_prefix: /imagine/cache
 cache: false
-auto_clear_cache: false
+cache_clearer: false
 formats: ['json', 'xml', 'jpg', 'png', 'gif']
 filter_sets:
     small: