diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 0ca1fb7..f6d7631 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -617,10 +617,10 @@ pub fn build_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                 ),
         )
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("strip-prefix")
-                .long("strip-prefix")
-                .short("P")
+            Arg::with_name("strip-cwd-prefix")
+                .long("strip-cwd-prefix")
                 .conflicts_with_all(&["path", "search-path"])
+                .hidden_short_help(true)
                 .help("When no search path is provided and output is non-tty, strip './' prefix from results")
                 .long_help(
                     "By default, relative results are prefixed with './' when output to non-ttys. \
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 9719f72..91ca601 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// The maximum number of search results
     pub max_results: Option<usize>,
 
-    /// Whether to prefix each relative path with "./"
-    pub no_strip: bool,
+    /// Whether or not to strip the './' prefix for search results
+    pub strip_cwd_prefix: bool,
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3c09e88..974c561 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ fn construct_config(matches: clap::ArgMatches, pattern_regex: &str) -> Result<Co
                     None
                 }
             }),
-        no_strip: matches.is_present("path")
-            || matches.is_present("search-path")
-            || (!interactive_terminal && !matches.is_present("strip-prefix")),
+        strip_cwd_prefix: (!matches.is_present("path")
+            && !matches.is_present("search-path")
+            && (interactive_terminal || matches.is_present("strip-cwd-prefix"))),
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index bb51164..d4f9174 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ pub fn print_entry(
     config: &Config,
     wants_to_quit: &Arc<AtomicBool>,
 ) {
-    let path = if config.no_strip {
-        entry
-    } else {
+    let path = if config.strip_cwd_prefix {
         strip_current_dir(entry)
+    } else {
+        entry
     };
 
     let r = if let Some(ref ls_colors) = config.ls_colors {
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 90c0f9c..6110759 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1925,11 +1925,11 @@ fn test_error_if_hidden_not_set_and_pattern_starts_with_dot() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_no_strip() {
+fn test_strip_cwd_prefix() {
     let te = TestEnv::new(DEFAULT_DIRS, DEFAULT_FILES);
 
     te.assert_output(
-        &["-P", "."],
+        &["--strip-cwd-prefix", "."],
         "a.foo
         e1 e2
         one