diff --git a/README b/README
index 21f12962..78293ca8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ Options for both config file and command line:
 --benchmark         Run cgminer in benchmark mode - produces no shares
 --compact           Use compact display without per device statistics
 --debug|-D          Enable debug output
+--disable-rejecting Automatically disable pools that continually reject shares
 --expiry|-E <arg>   Upper bound on how many seconds after getting work we consider a share from it stale (default: 120)
 --failover-only     Don't leak work to backup pools when primary pool is lagging
 --fix-protocol      Do not redirect to a different getwork protocol (eg. stratum)
@@ -153,7 +154,6 @@ Options for both config file and command line:
 --log|-l <arg>      Interval in seconds between log output (default: 5)
 --monitor|-m <arg>  Use custom pipe cmd for output messages
 --net-delay         Impose small delays in networking to not overload slow routers
---no-pool-disable   Do not automatically disable pools that continually reject shares
 --no-submit-stale   Don't submit shares if they are detected as stale
 --pass|-p <arg>     Password for bitcoin JSON-RPC server
 --per-device-stats  Force verbose mode and output per-device statistics
diff --git a/cgminer.c b/cgminer.c
index ccfb9a60..6085b2ae 100644
--- a/cgminer.c
+++ b/cgminer.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int opt_api_port = 4028;
 bool opt_api_listen;
 bool opt_api_network;
 bool opt_delaynet;
-bool opt_disable_pool = true;
+bool opt_disable_pool;
 char *opt_icarus_options = NULL;
 char *opt_icarus_timing = NULL;
 bool opt_worktime;
@@ -897,6 +897,9 @@ static struct opt_table opt_config_table[] = {
 			opt_hidden
 #endif
 	),
+	OPT_WITHOUT_ARG("--disable-rejecting",
+			opt_set_bool, &opt_disable_pool,
+			"Automatically disable pools that continually reject shares"),
 #if defined(WANT_CPUMINE) && (defined(HAVE_OPENCL) || defined(USE_FPGA))
 	OPT_WITHOUT_ARG("--enable-cpu|-C",
 			opt_set_bool, &opt_usecpu,
@@ -995,10 +998,10 @@ static struct opt_table opt_config_table[] = {
 #else
 			opt_hidden
 #endif
-	),
+			),
 	OPT_WITHOUT_ARG("--no-pool-disable",
 			opt_set_invbool, &opt_disable_pool,
-			"Do not automatically disable pools that continually reject shares"),
+			opt_hidden),
 	OPT_WITHOUT_ARG("--no-restart",
 			opt_set_invbool, &opt_restart,
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENCL