diff --git a/tracing/config.go b/tracing/config.go
index 4e6ffbe29..9c9fe9d82 100644
--- a/tracing/config.go
+++ b/tracing/config.go
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@ func FromCLIContext(c *cli.Context) (*Client, error) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	// read per-endpoint configurations from file
-	endpointsConfigPath := c.String("tracing.sampler.endpoints")
-	if len(endpointsConfigPath) > 0 {
-		f, err := os.ReadFile(endpointsConfigPath)
+	// read per-task configurations from file
+	tasksConfigPath := c.String("tracing.sampler.tasks")
+	if len(tasksConfigPath) > 0 {
+		f, err := os.ReadFile(tasksConfigPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("unable to read tracing endpoints config file from path %s", endpointsConfigPath))
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("unable to read tracing tasks config file from path %s", tasksConfigPath))
 		}
 
 		err = json.Unmarshal(f, &cfg.Sampler.Tasks)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("unable to parse tracing endpoints config file from path %s", endpointsConfigPath))
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("unable to parse tracing tasks config file from path %s", tasksConfigPath))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tracing/flags.go b/tracing/flags.go
index b26f2d876..30a838b00 100644
--- a/tracing/flags.go
+++ b/tracing/flags.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var Flags = []cli.Flag{
 
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		EnvVars: []string{"VELA_OTEL_TRACING_SAMPLER_TASKS_CONFIG_FILEPATH"},
-		Name:    "tracing.sampler.endpoints",
+		Name:    "tracing.sampler.tasks",
 		Usage:   "set an (optional) filepath to the otel tracing head-sampler configurations json to alter how certain tasks (endpoints, queries, etc) are sampled. when no path is provided all tasks are recorded using default parameters. see: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/sampling/",
 	},
 }