diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 79a980e5..8215a8cd 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ module.exports = function (argv: string[]): void {
 		.option('--yarn', 'Use yarn instead of npm (default inferred from presence of yarn.lock or .yarnrc)')
 		.option('--no-yarn', 'Use npm instead of yarn (default inferred from lack of yarn.lock or .yarnrc)')
 		.option('--ignoreFile [path]', 'Indicate alternative .vscodeignore')
-		.option('--noGitHubIssueLinking', 'Prevent automatic expansion of GitHub-style issue syntax into links')
+		.option('--no-gitHubIssueLinking', 'Disable automatic expansion of GitHub-style issue syntax into links')
 		.option(
 			'--web',
 			'Experimental flag to enable publishing web extensions. Note: This is supported only for selected extensions.'
 		)
-		.action(({ out, githubBranch, baseContentUrl, baseImagesUrl, yarn, ignoreFile, noGitHubIssueLinking, web }) =>
+		.action(({ out, githubBranch, baseContentUrl, baseImagesUrl, yarn, ignoreFile, gitHubIssueLinking, web }) =>
 			main(
 				packageCommand({
 					packagePath: out,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module.exports = function (argv: string[]): void {
 					baseImagesUrl,
 					useYarn: yarn,
 					ignoreFile,
-					expandGitHubIssueLinks: noGitHubIssueLinking,
+					gitHubIssueLinking,
 					web,
 				})
 			)
diff --git a/src/package.ts b/src/package.ts
index 2e825c99..0b35d858 100644
--- a/src/package.ts
+++ b/src/package.ts
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ export interface IAsset {
 }
 
 export interface IPackageOptions {
-	cwd?: string;
-	packagePath?: string;
-	githubBranch?: string;
-	baseContentUrl?: string;
-	baseImagesUrl?: string;
-	useYarn?: boolean;
-	dependencyEntryPoints?: string[];
-	ignoreFile?: string;
-	expandGitHubIssueLinks?: boolean;
-	web?: boolean;
+	readonly cwd?: string;
+	readonly packagePath?: string;
+	readonly githubBranch?: string;
+	readonly baseContentUrl?: string;
+	readonly baseImagesUrl?: string;
+	readonly useYarn?: boolean;
+	readonly dependencyEntryPoints?: string[];
+	readonly ignoreFile?: string;
+	readonly gitHubIssueLinking?: boolean;
+	readonly web?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface IProcessor {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class MarkdownProcessor extends BaseProcessor {
 	private baseImagesUrl: string;
 	private isGitHub: boolean;
 	private repositoryUrl: string;
-	private expandGitHubIssueLinks: boolean;
+	private gitHubIssueLinking: boolean;
 
 	constructor(
 		manifest: Manifest,
@@ -438,8 +438,7 @@ export class MarkdownProcessor extends BaseProcessor {
 		this.baseImagesUrl = options.baseImagesUrl || options.baseContentUrl || (guess && guess.images);
 		this.repositoryUrl = guess && guess.repository;
 		this.isGitHub = isGitHubRepository(this.repositoryUrl);
-		this.expandGitHubIssueLinks =
-			typeof options.expandGitHubIssueLinks === 'boolean' ? options.expandGitHubIssueLinks : true;
+		this.gitHubIssueLinking = typeof options.gitHubIssueLinking === 'boolean' ? options.gitHubIssueLinking : true;
 	}
 
 	async onFile(file: IFile): Promise<IFile> {
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ export class MarkdownProcessor extends BaseProcessor {
 			return all.replace(link, urljoin(prefix, link));
 		});
 
-		if (this.isGitHub && this.expandGitHubIssueLinks) {
+		if (this.gitHubIssueLinking && this.isGitHub) {
 			const markdownIssueRegex = /(\s|\n)([\w\d_-]+\/[\w\d_-]+)?#(\d+)\b/g;
 			const issueReplace = (
 				all: string,
diff --git a/src/test/package.test.ts b/src/test/package.test.ts
index 1e10ebed..957f35b0 100644
--- a/src/test/package.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/package.test.ts
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ describe('MarkdownProcessor', () => {
 		};
 
 		const root = fixture('readme');
-		const processor = new ReadmeProcessor(manifest, { expandGitHubIssueLinks: false });
+		const processor = new ReadmeProcessor(manifest, { gitHubIssueLinking: false });
 		const readme = {
 			path: 'extension/readme.md',
 			localPath: path.join(root, 'readme.github.md'),