diff --git a/src/bin/uhyve.rs b/src/bin/uhyve.rs
index 2beb6ab5..3f7b962a 100644
--- a/src/bin/uhyve.rs
+++ b/src/bin/uhyve.rs
@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@ struct Args {
 
 	/// Paths that the kernel should be able to view, read or write.
 	///
-	/// Files and directories are separated using commas.
 	/// Desired mount paths must be explicitly defined after a colon.
 	///
-	/// Example: --file_map host_directory:/root/guest_directory,file.txt:/root/my_file.txt
-	#[arg(value_delimiter = ',')]
-	#[clap(long, env = "HERMIT_FILE_MAP")]
-	file_map: Option<Vec<String>>,
+	/// Example: --mount host_dir:guest_dir --mount file.txt:guest_file.txt
+	#[clap(long)]
+	mount: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
 	/// The kernel to execute
 	#[clap(value_parser)]
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ impl From<Args> for Params {
 				},
 			#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 			gdb_port,
-			file_map,
+			mount,
 			kernel: _,
 			kernel_args,
 		} = args;
@@ -267,7 +265,7 @@ impl From<Args> for Params {
 			cpu_count,
 			#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 			pit,
-			file_map,
+			mount,
 			#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 			gdb_port,
 			#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
diff --git a/src/hypercall.rs b/src/hypercall.rs
index 0d8470fe..4c2480e8 100644
--- a/src/hypercall.rs
+++ b/src/hypercall.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub fn open(mem: &MmapMemory, sysopen: &mut OpenParams, file_map: &Option<UhyveF
 	// TODO: We could keep track of the file descriptors internally, in case the kernel doesn't close them.
 	let requested_path = mem.host_address(sysopen.name).unwrap() as *const i8;
 
-	// If the file_map doesn't exist, full host filesystem access will be provided.
+	// If the file map doesn't exist, full host filesystem access will be provided.
 	if let Some(file_map) = file_map {
 		// Rust deals in UTF-8. C doesn't provide such a guarantee.
 		// In that case, converting a CStr to str will return a Utf8Error.
diff --git a/src/linux/x86_64/kvm_cpu.rs b/src/linux/x86_64/kvm_cpu.rs
index cf53551a..664934e3 100644
--- a/src/linux/x86_64/kvm_cpu.rs
+++ b/src/linux/x86_64/kvm_cpu.rs
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ impl VirtualCPU for KvmCpu {
 								Hypercall::FileOpen(sysopen) => hypercall::open(
 									&self.parent_vm.mem,
 									sysopen,
-									&self.parent_vm.file_map,
+									&self.parent_vm.mount,
 								),
 								Hypercall::FileRead(sysread) => {
 									hypercall::read(&self.parent_vm.mem, sysread)
diff --git a/src/macos/aarch64/vcpu.rs b/src/macos/aarch64/vcpu.rs
index 11d1ee8d..26708910 100644
--- a/src/macos/aarch64/vcpu.rs
+++ b/src/macos/aarch64/vcpu.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl VirtualCPU for XhyveCpu {
 								Hypercall::FileOpen(sysopen) => hypercall::open(
 									&self.parent_vm.mem,
 									sysopen,
-									&self.parent_vm.file_map,
+									&self.parent_vm.mount,
 								),
 								Hypercall::FileRead(sysread) => {
 									hypercall::read(&self.parent_vm.mem, sysread)
diff --git a/src/macos/x86_64/vcpu.rs b/src/macos/x86_64/vcpu.rs
index 0e483ff9..df7dd348 100644
--- a/src/macos/x86_64/vcpu.rs
+++ b/src/macos/x86_64/vcpu.rs
@@ -737,11 +737,9 @@ impl VirtualCPU for XhyveCpu {
 							}
 							Hypercall::FileClose(sysclose) => hypercall::close(sysclose),
 							Hypercall::FileLseek(syslseek) => hypercall::lseek(syslseek),
-							Hypercall::FileOpen(sysopen) => hypercall::open(
-								&self.parent_vm.mem,
-								sysopen,
-								&self.parent_vm.file_map,
-							),
+							Hypercall::FileOpen(sysopen) => {
+								hypercall::open(&self.parent_vm.mem, sysopen, &self.parent_vm.mount)
+							}
 							Hypercall::FileRead(sysread) => {
 								hypercall::read(&self.parent_vm.mem, sysread)
 							}
diff --git a/src/params.rs b/src/params.rs
index 0cd1a8a5..e067b59a 100644
--- a/src/params.rs
+++ b/src/params.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub struct Params {
 	pub kernel_args: Vec<String>,
 
 	/// Paths that should be mounted on-device
-	pub file_map: Option<Vec<String>>,
+	pub mount: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::derivable_impls)]
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl Default for Params {
 			pit: false,
 			cpu_count: Default::default(),
 			gdb_port: Default::default(),
-			file_map: Default::default(),
+			mount: Default::default(),
 			kernel_args: Default::default(),
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/vm.rs b/src/vm.rs
index 1b202df9..c39c0183 100644
--- a/src/vm.rs
+++ b/src/vm.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub struct UhyveVm<VCpuType: VirtualCPU = VcpuDefault> {
 	pub virtio_device: Arc<Mutex<VirtioNetPciDevice>>,
 	#[allow(dead_code)] // gdb is not supported on macos
 	pub(super) gdb_port: Option<u16>,
-	pub(crate) file_map: Option<UhyveFileMap>,
+	pub(crate) mount: Option<UhyveFileMap>,
 	_vcpu_type: PhantomData<VCpuType>,
 }
 impl<VCpuType: VirtualCPU> UhyveVm<VCpuType> {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl<VCpuType: VirtualCPU> UhyveVm<VCpuType> {
 			"gdbstub is only supported with one CPU"
 		);
 
-		let file_map = params.file_map.as_deref().and_then(UhyveFileMap::new);
+		let mount = params.mount.as_deref().and_then(UhyveFileMap::new);
 
 		let mut vm = Self {
 			offset: 0,
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ impl<VCpuType: VirtualCPU> UhyveVm<VCpuType> {
 			verbose: params.verbose,
 			virtio_device,
 			gdb_port: params.gdb_port,
-			file_map,
+			mount,
 			_vcpu_type: PhantomData,
 		};
 
diff --git a/tests/common.rs b/tests/common.rs
index 11c21b8c..699d7537 100644
--- a/tests/common.rs
+++ b/tests/common.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn run_vm_with_file_map(kernel_path: PathBuf, file_map: Vec<String>) -> i32
 			.unwrap()
 			.try_into()
 			.unwrap(),
-		file_map: Some(file_map),
+		mount: Some(file_map),
 		..Default::default()
 	};