diff --git a/cmd/wordpress-operator/main.go b/cmd/wordpress-operator/main.go
index d877c84d..b06fc3b3 100644
--- a/cmd/wordpress-operator/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wordpress-operator/main.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func main() {
 		HealthProbeBindAddress:     options.HealthProbeBindAddress,
 	}
 
-	if options.ScopedNamespace != "" {
-		opt.Namespace = options.ScopedNamespace
+	if options.WatchNamespace != "" {
+		opt.Namespace = options.WatchNamespace
 	}
 
 	// Create a new Cmd to provide shared dependencies and start components
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/options/options.go b/pkg/cmd/options/options.go
index 0abd7e57..6f11ef31 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/options/options.go
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ var (
 	// HealthProbeBindAddress is the TCP address that the controller should bind to for serving health probes.
 	HealthProbeBindAddress = ":8081"
 
-	ScopedNamespace = os.Getenv("SCOPED_NAMESPACE")
+	// WatchNamespace sets the Namespace field, which restricts the manager's cache to watch objects in the desired namespace.
+	WatchNamespace = os.Getenv("WATCH_NAMESPACE")
 )
 
 func namespace() string {