diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd1c12b..cf7e589 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ The following options are common between both the `archive` and `download` comma
 
 The following options apply only to the `download` command. This command downloads the files and resources linked to in the submission, or a text submission itself, to the disk in the specified directory.
 
-- `--exclude-id`
+- `--skip-id`
   - This will skip the download of any submission with the ID provided
   - Can be specified multiple times
-- `--exclude-id-file`
+- `--skip-id-file`
   - This will skip the download of any submission with any of the IDs in the files provided
   - Can be specified multiple times
   - Format is one ID per line
diff --git a/bdfr/__main__.py b/bdfr/__main__.py
index 03a6e1d..bafa93c 100644
--- a/bdfr/__main__.py
+++ b/bdfr/__main__.py
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ def cli():
 
 
 @cli.command('download')
-@click.option('--exclude-id', default=None, multiple=True)
-@click.option('--exclude-id-file', default=None, multiple=True)
 @click.option('--file-scheme', default=None, type=str)
 @click.option('--folder-scheme', default=None, type=str)
 @click.option('--make-hard-links', is_flag=True, default=None)
 @click.option('--max-wait-time', type=int, default=None)
 @click.option('--no-dupes', is_flag=True, default=None)
 @click.option('--search-existing', is_flag=True, default=None)
+@click.option('--skip-id', default=None, multiple=True)
+@click.option('--skip-id-file', default=None, multiple=True)
 @click.option('--skip-format', default=None, multiple=True)
 @click.option('--skip-domain', default=None, multiple=True)
 @click.option('--skip-subreddit', default=None, multiple=True)
diff --git a/bdfr/configuration.py b/bdfr/configuration.py
index 8ca94a0..8cb8f10 100644
--- a/bdfr/configuration.py
+++ b/bdfr/configuration.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ class Configuration(Namespace):
         self.authenticate = False
         self.config = None
         self.directory: str = '.'
-        self.exclude_id = []
-        self.exclude_id_file = []
+        self.skip_id = []
+        self.skip_id_file = []
         self.limit: Optional[int] = None
         self.link: list[str] = []
         self.log: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/bdfr/downloader.py b/bdfr/downloader.py
index 663a9b0..6fa37d6 100644
--- a/bdfr/downloader.py
+++ b/bdfr/downloader.py
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ class RedditDownloader:
 
     def _read_excluded_ids(self) -> set[str]:
         out = []
-        out.extend(self.args.exclude_id)
-        for id_file in self.args.exclude_id_file:
+        out.extend(self.args.skip_id)
+        for id_file in self.args.skip_id_file:
             id_file = Path(id_file).resolve().expanduser()
             if not id_file.exists():
                 logger.warning(f'ID exclusion file at {id_file} does not exist')
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index 4bb098b..51e51bb 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Due to the verboseness of the logs, a great deal of information can be gathered
 
 ## Extract all Successfully Downloaded IDs
 
-This script is contained [here](extract_successful_ids.sh) and will result in a file that contains the IDs of everything that was successfully downloaded without an error. That is, a list will be created of submissions that, with the `--exclude-id-file` option, can be used so that the BDFR will not attempt to redownload these submissions/comments. This is likely to cause a performance increase, especially when the BDFR run finds many resources.
+This script is contained [here](extract_successful_ids.sh) and will result in a file that contains the IDs of everything that was successfully downloaded without an error. That is, a list will be created of submissions that, with the `--skip-id-file` option, can be used so that the BDFR will not attempt to redownload these submissions/comments. This is likely to cause a performance increase, especially when the BDFR run finds many resources.
 
 The script can be used with the following signature:
 
diff --git a/tests/test_downloader.py b/tests/test_downloader.py
index b6e8f32..fd56994 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloader.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloader.py
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ def test_excluded_ids(test_ids: tuple[str], test_excluded: tuple[str], expected_
 def test_read_excluded_submission_ids_from_file(downloader_mock: MagicMock, tmp_path: Path):
     test_file = tmp_path / 'test.txt'
     test_file.write_text('aaaaaa\nbbbbbb')
-    downloader_mock.args.exclude_id_file = [test_file]
+    downloader_mock.args.skip_id_file = [test_file]
     results = RedditDownloader._read_excluded_ids(downloader_mock)
     assert results == {'aaaaaa', 'bbbbbb'}
 
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index d52a527..419464f 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def test_cli_download_use_default_config(tmp_path: Path):
 @pytest.mark.reddit
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not does_test_config_exist, reason='A test config file is required for integration tests')
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('test_args', (
-    ['-l', 'm2601g', '--exclude-id', 'm2601g'],
+    ['-l', 'm2601g', '--skip-id', 'm2601g'],
 ))
 def test_cli_download_links_exclusion(test_args: list[str], tmp_path: Path):
     runner = CliRunner()