diff --git a/src/pylorax/__init__.py b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
index 6274c61e..8eb6c7fa 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Lorax(BaseLoraxClass):
         logger.addHandler(fh)
 
     def run(self, ybo, product, version, release, variant="", bugurl="",
-            is_beta=True, workdir=None, outputdir=None):
+            isfinal=False, workdir=None, outputdir=None):
 
         assert self._configured
 
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ class Lorax(BaseLoraxClass):
         # set up optional build parameters
         self.variant = variant
         self.bugurl = bugurl
-        self.is_beta = is_beta
+        self.isfinal = isfinal
         logger.debug("set variant = {0.variant}".format(self))
         logger.debug("set bugurl = {0.bugurl}".format(self))
-        logger.debug("set is_beta = {0.is_beta}".format(self))
+        logger.debug("set isfinal = {0.isfinal}".format(self))
 
         # parse the template
         logger.info("parsing the template")
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class Lorax(BaseLoraxClass):
 
         # write .buildstamp
         buildstamp = BuildStamp(self.workdir, self.product, self.version,
-                                self.bugurl, self.is_beta, self.buildarch)
+                                self.bugurl, self.isfinal, self.buildarch)
 
         buildstamp.write()
         shutil.copy2(buildstamp.path, self.installtree.root)
diff --git a/src/pylorax/buildstamp.py b/src/pylorax/buildstamp.py
index 20b62130..97f0477b 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/buildstamp.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/buildstamp.py
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ from sysutils import joinpaths
 
 class BuildStamp(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, workdir, product, version, bugurl, is_beta, buildarch):
+    def __init__(self, workdir, product, version, bugurl, isfinal, buildarch):
         self.path = joinpaths(workdir, ".buildstamp")
 
         self.product = product
         self.version = version
         self.bugurl = bugurl
-        self.is_beta = is_beta
+        self.isfinal = isfinal
 
         now = datetime.datetime.now()
         now = now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M")
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ class BuildStamp(object):
             fobj.write("Product={0.product}\n".format(self))
             fobj.write("Version={0.version}\n".format(self))
             fobj.write("BugURL={0.bugurl}\n".format(self))
-            fobj.write("IsBeta={0.is_beta}\n".format(self))
+            fobj.write("IsFinal={0.isfinal}\n".format(self))
             fobj.write("UUID={0.uuid}\n".format(self))
diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax b/src/sbin/lorax
index 3096fa5d..a056f3e7 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def main(args):
     required.add_option("-r", "--release", help="release information",
             metavar="STRING")
     required.add_option("-s", "--source",
-            help="source repository (may be listed multibple times)",
+            help="source repository (may be listed multiple times)",
             metavar="REPOSITORY", action="append", default=[])
 
     # optional arguments
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ def main(args):
     optional.add_option("-b", "--bugurl",
             help="bug reporting URL for the product", metavar="URL",
             default="your distribution provided bug reporting tool")
-    optional.add_option("--isbeta", help="",
-            action="store_true", default=False, dest="is_beta")
+    optional.add_option("--isfinal", help="",
+            action="store_true", default=False)
 
     # add the option groups to the parser
     parser.add_option_group(required)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def main(args):
     lorax = pylorax.Lorax()
     lorax.configure()
     lorax.run(yb, opts.product, opts.version, opts.release,
-              opts.variant, opts.bugurl, opts.is_beta,
+              opts.variant, opts.bugurl, opts.isfinal,
               workdir=tempdir, outputdir=outputdir)