diff --git a/fullnode/src/main.rs b/fullnode/src/main.rs
index 08b47f53c..36ec127c4 100644
--- a/fullnode/src/main.rs
+++ b/fullnode/src/main.rs
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ fn main() {
                 .help("Use DIR as persistent ledger location"),
         )
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("rpc")
-                .long("rpc")
+            Arg::with_name("rpc_port")
+                .long("rpc-port")
                 .value_name("PORT")
                 .takes_value(true)
-                .help("Custom RPC port for this node"),
+                .help("RPC port to use for this node"),
         )
         .get_matches();
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut leader_scheduler = LeaderScheduler::default();
     leader_scheduler.use_only_bootstrap_leader = use_only_bootstrap_leader;
 
-    let rpc_port = if let Some(port) = matches.value_of("rpc") {
+    let rpc_port = if let Some(port) = matches.value_of("rpc_port") {
         let port_number = port.to_string().parse().expect("integer");
         if port_number == 0 {
             eprintln!("Invalid RPC port requested: {:?}", port);
diff --git a/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh b/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh
index 13e3977dd..7c2c7f63c 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $program \
   $maybe_no_leader_rotation \
   --identity "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/bootstrap-leader.json \
   --ledger "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/bootstrap-leader-ledger \
-  --rpc 8899 \
+  --rpc-port 8899 \
   > >($bootstrap_leader_logger) 2>&1 &
 pid=$!
 oom_score_adj "$pid" 1000
diff --git a/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh b/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh
index de4e7d3d1..0bc737ea8 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/fullnode.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 
 maybe_rpc_port=
 if [[ $1 = --rpc-port ]]; then
-  maybe_rpc_port="--rpc $2"
+  maybe_rpc_port="$1 $2"
   shift 2
 fi