diff --git a/src/commands/from_ssv.rs b/src/commands/from_ssv.rs
index 0d56c20e0a..4cbb3c78f6 100644
--- a/src/commands/from_ssv.rs
+++ b/src/commands/from_ssv.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ pub struct FromSSV;
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct FromSSVArgs {
     headerless: bool,
-    n: Option<Tagged<usize>>,
+    #[serde(rename(deserialize = "minimum-spaces"))]
+    minimum_spaces: Option<Tagged<usize>>,
 }
 
 const STRING_REPRESENTATION: &str = "from-ssv";
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for FromSSV {
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build(STRING_REPRESENTATION)
             .switch("headerless")
-            .named("n", SyntaxShape::Int)
+            .named("minimum-spaces", SyntaxShape::Int)
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -103,14 +104,17 @@ fn from_ssv_string_to_value(
 }
 
 fn from_ssv(
-    FromSSVArgs { headerless, n }: FromSSVArgs,
+    FromSSVArgs {
+        headerless,
+        minimum_spaces,
+    }: FromSSVArgs,
     RunnableContext { input, name, .. }: RunnableContext,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
         let mut latest_tag: Option<Tag> = None;
-        let split_at = match n {
+        let split_at = match minimum_spaces {
             Some(number) => number.item,
             None => DEFAULT_ALLOWED_SPACES
         };
diff --git a/tests/filters_test.rs b/tests/filters_test.rs
index a84622c37f..f0d5dead61 100644
--- a/tests/filters_test.rs
+++ b/tests/filters_test.rs
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ fn converts_from_ssv_text_to_structured_table_with_separator_specified() {
             cwd: dirs.test(), h::pipeline(
             r#"
                 open oc_get_svc.txt
-                | from-ssv -n 3
+                | from-ssv --minimum-spaces 3
                 | nth 0
                 | get IP
                 | echo $it