diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a9ca1e..f36d52b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -293,13 +293,13 @@ ERROR: Failed: Runlength_EncodeDecode
 ## Log Levels
 
 By default, DeepState is not very verbose about testing activity,
-other than failing tests.  The `--log_level` argument lowers the
+other than failing tests.  The `--min_log_level` argument lowers the
 threshold for output, with 0 = `DEBUG`, 1 = `TRACE` (output from the
 tests, including from `printf`), 2 = INFO (DeepState messages, the default), 3 = `WARNING`,
 4 = `ERROR`, 5 = `EXTERNAL` (output from other programs such as
-libFuzzer), and 6 = `CRITICAL` messages.  Lowering the `log_level` can be very
+libFuzzer), and 6 = `CRITICAL` messages.  Lowering the `min_log_level` can be very
 useful for understanding what a DeepState harness is actually doing;
-often, setting `--log_level 1` in either fuzzing or symbolic
+often, setting `--min_log_level 1` in either fuzzing or symbolic
 execution will give sufficient information to debug your test harness.
 
 
diff --git a/bin/deepstate/common.py b/bin/deepstate/common.py
index 18a6c71..1bf7e64 100644
--- a/bin/deepstate/common.py
+++ b/bin/deepstate/common.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ class DeepState(object):
         help="Verbosity level for symbolic execution tool (default: 1, lower means less output).")
 
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--log_level", default=2, type=int,
-        help="DeepState log level (default: 2), 0-6 (debug, trace, info, warning, error, external, critical).")
+        "--min_log_level", default=2, type=int,
+        help="Minimum DeepState log level to print (default: 2), 0-6 (debug, trace, info, warning, error, external, critical).")
     
     parser.add_argument(
         "binary", type=str, help="Path to the test binary to run.")
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class DeepState(object):
       LOG_LEVEL_ERROR: logging.ERROR,
       LOG_LEVEL_FATAL: logging.CRITICAL
     }
-    LOGGER.setLevel(logging_levels[args.log_level])
+    LOGGER.setLevel(logging_levels[args.min_log_level])
     
     if args.output_test_dir is not None:
       test_dir = os.path.join(args.output_test_dir,
diff --git a/src/include/deepstate/DeepState.h b/src/include/deepstate/DeepState.h
index fe81a0c..7edb22c 100644
--- a/src/include/deepstate/DeepState.h
+++ b/src/include/deepstate/DeepState.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ DECLARE_bool(fuzz);
 DECLARE_bool(fuzz_save_passing);
 DECLARE_bool(fork);
 
-DECLARE_int(log_level);
+DECLARE_int(min_log_level);
 DECLARE_int(seed);
 DECLARE_int(timeout);
 
@@ -794,8 +794,8 @@ static int DeepState_RunSingleSavedTestDir(void) {
   int num_failed_tests = 0;
   struct DeepState_TestInfo *test = NULL;  
 
-  if (!HAS_FLAG_log_level) {
-    FLAGS_log_level = 2;
+  if (!HAS_FLAG_min_log_level) {
+    FLAGS_min_log_level = 2;
   }
     
   DeepState_Setup();
@@ -876,8 +876,8 @@ static int DeepState_RunSavedTestCases(void) {
   int num_failed_tests = 0;
   struct DeepState_TestInfo *test = NULL;
 
-  if (!HAS_FLAG_log_level) {
-    FLAGS_log_level = 2;
+  if (!HAS_FLAG_min_log_level) {
+    FLAGS_min_log_level = 2;
   }
     
   DeepState_Setup();
diff --git a/src/lib/DeepState.c b/src/lib/DeepState.c
index 30ceb21..054b79d 100644
--- a/src/lib/DeepState.c
+++ b/src/lib/DeepState.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DEFINE_bool(fuzz, false, "Perform brute force unguided fuzzing.");
 DEFINE_bool(fuzz_save_passing, false, "Save passing tests during fuzzing.");
 DEFINE_bool(fork, true, "Fork when running a test.");
 
-DEFINE_int(log_level, 0, "Minimum level of logging to output.");
+DEFINE_int(min_log_level, 0, "Minimum level of logging to output (default 2, 0=debug, 1=trace, 2=info, ...).");
 DEFINE_int(seed, 0, "Seed for brute force fuzzing (uses time if not set).");
 DEFINE_int(timeout, 120, "Timeout for brute force fuzzing.");
 
@@ -739,8 +739,8 @@ bool DeepState_CatchAbandoned(void) {
 int DeepState_Fuzz(void){
   DeepState_LogFormat(DeepState_LogInfo, "Starting fuzzing");
 
-  if (!HAS_FLAG_log_level) {
-    FLAGS_log_level = 2;
+  if (!HAS_FLAG_min_log_level) {
+    FLAGS_min_log_level = 2;
   }
   
   if (HAS_FLAG_seed) {
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ extern int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *Data, size_t Size) {
 
   const char* loud = getenv("LIBFUZZER_LOUD");
   if (loud != NULL) {
-    FLAGS_log_level = 0;
+    FLAGS_min_log_level = 0;
     DeepState_LibFuzzerLoud = 1;
   }
   
diff --git a/src/lib/Log.c b/src/lib/Log.c
index b6d7016..a2f3556 100644
--- a/src/lib/Log.c
+++ b/src/lib/Log.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ char DeepState_LogBuf[DeepState_LogBufSize + 1] = {};
 DEEPSTATE_NOINLINE
 void DeepState_Log(enum DeepState_LogLevel level, const char *str) {
   if ((DeepState_UsingLibFuzzer && !DeepState_LibFuzzerLoud && (level < DeepState_LogExternal)) ||
-      (level < FLAGS_log_level)) {
+      (level < FLAGS_min_log_level)) {
     return;
   }
   memset(DeepState_LogBuf, 0, DeepState_LogBufSize);