diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index dc45661eaecb9..d787f340a38b5 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ if one is set.  Otherwise it prints the genesis from the datadir.`,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBOrganizationFlag,
 			utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
 			utils.VMTraceFlag,
-			utils.VMTraceConfigFlag,
+			utils.VMTraceJsonConfigFlag,
 			utils.TransactionHistoryFlag,
 			utils.StateHistoryFlag,
 		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 37b99a2621b3a..b7885608bc174 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ var (
 		utils.DeveloperPeriodFlag,
 		utils.VMEnableDebugFlag,
 		utils.VMTraceFlag,
-		utils.VMTraceConfigFlag,
+		utils.VMTraceJsonConfigFlag,
 		utils.NetworkIdFlag,
 		utils.EthStatsURLFlag,
 		utils.NoCompactionFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 8ef9d9e7e8365..e1c33678be374 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Name of tracer which should record internal VM operations (costly)",
 		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
-	VMTraceConfigFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+	VMTraceJsonConfigFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:     "vmtrace.jsonconfig",
 		Usage:    "Tracer configuration (JSON)",
 		Category: flags.VMCategory,
@@ -1903,12 +1903,12 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceFlag.Name) {
 		if name := ctx.String(VMTraceFlag.Name); name != "" {
 			var config string
-			if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceConfigFlag.Name) {
-				config = ctx.String(VMTraceConfigFlag.Name)
+			if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceJsonConfigFlag.Name) {
+				config = ctx.String(VMTraceJsonConfigFlag.Name)
 			}
 
 			cfg.VMTrace = name
-			cfg.VMTraceConfig = config
+			cfg.VMTraceJsonConfig = config
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -2192,8 +2192,8 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) (*core.BlockCh
 	if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceFlag.Name) {
 		if name := ctx.String(VMTraceFlag.Name); name != "" {
 			var config json.RawMessage
-			if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceConfigFlag.Name) {
-				config = json.RawMessage(ctx.String(VMTraceConfigFlag.Name))
+			if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceJsonConfigFlag.Name) {
+				config = json.RawMessage(ctx.String(VMTraceJsonConfigFlag.Name))
 			}
 			t, err := tracers.LiveDirectory.New(name, config)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 04ee82efeeaa5..e616b5f2f1952 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	)
 	if config.VMTrace != "" {
 		var traceConfig json.RawMessage
-		if config.VMTraceConfig != "" {
-			traceConfig = json.RawMessage(config.VMTraceConfig)
+		if config.VMTraceJsonConfig != "" {
+			traceConfig = json.RawMessage(config.VMTraceJsonConfig)
 		}
 		t, err := tracers.LiveDirectory.New(config.VMTrace, traceConfig)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index 91f2c8d330104..f36f212d9c3b5 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	EnablePreimageRecording bool
 
 	// Enables VM tracing
-	VMTrace       string
-	VMTraceConfig string
+	VMTrace           string
+	VMTraceJsonConfig string
 
 	// Miscellaneous options
 	DocRoot string `toml:"-"`
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go b/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
index cda62bc9dd5db..b8b9eee29423e 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (c Config) MarshalTOML() (interface{}, error) {
 		GPO                     gasprice.Config
 		EnablePreimageRecording bool
 		VMTrace                 string
-		VMTraceConfig           string
+		VMTraceJsonConfig       string
 		DocRoot                 string `toml:"-"`
 		RPCGasCap               uint64
 		RPCEVMTimeout           time.Duration
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (c Config) MarshalTOML() (interface{}, error) {
 	enc.GPO = c.GPO
 	enc.EnablePreimageRecording = c.EnablePreimageRecording
 	enc.VMTrace = c.VMTrace
-	enc.VMTraceConfig = c.VMTraceConfig
+	enc.VMTraceJsonConfig = c.VMTraceJsonConfig
 	enc.DocRoot = c.DocRoot
 	enc.RPCGasCap = c.RPCGasCap
 	enc.RPCEVMTimeout = c.RPCEVMTimeout
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalTOML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		GPO                     *gasprice.Config
 		EnablePreimageRecording *bool
 		VMTrace                 *string
-		VMTraceConfig           *string
+		VMTraceJsonConfig       *string
 		DocRoot                 *string `toml:"-"`
 		RPCGasCap               *uint64
 		RPCEVMTimeout           *time.Duration
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalTOML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	if dec.VMTrace != nil {
 		c.VMTrace = *dec.VMTrace
 	}
-	if dec.VMTraceConfig != nil {
-		c.VMTraceConfig = *dec.VMTraceConfig
+	if dec.VMTraceJsonConfig != nil {
+		c.VMTraceJsonConfig = *dec.VMTraceJsonConfig
 	}
 	if dec.DocRoot != nil {
 		c.DocRoot = *dec.DocRoot