diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 5fd33e2a1..b8323c1c1 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1062,8 +1062,8 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
         params.ignore_eos = true;
         return true;
     }
-    if (arg == "--no-penalize-nl") {
-        sparams.penalize_nl = false;
+    if (arg == "--penalize-nl") {
+        sparams.penalize_nl = true;
         return true;
     }
     if (arg == "-l" || arg == "--logit-bias") {
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     printf("  -dt N, --defrag-thold N\n");
     printf("                        KV cache defragmentation threshold (default: %.1f, < 0 - disabled)\n", params.defrag_thold);
     printf("  --ignore-eos          ignore end of stream token and continue generating (implies --logit-bias 2-inf)\n");
-    printf("  --no-penalize-nl      do not penalize newline token\n");
+    printf("  --penalize-nl         penalize newline tokens\n");
     printf("  --temp N              temperature (default: %.1f)\n", (double)sparams.temp);
     printf("  --all-logits          return logits for all tokens in the batch (default: disabled)\n");
     printf("  --hellaswag           compute HellaSwag score over random tasks from datafile supplied with -f\n");
@@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@ void dump_non_result_info_yaml(FILE * stream, const gpt_params & params, const l
     fprintf(stream, "n_predict: %d # default: -1 (unlimited)\n", params.n_predict);
     fprintf(stream, "n_probs: %d # only used by server binary, default: 0\n", sparams.n_probs);
     fprintf(stream, "no_mmap: %s # default: false\n", !params.use_mmap ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stream, "no_penalize_nl: %s # default: false\n", !sparams.penalize_nl ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stream, "penalize_nl: %s # default: false\n", sparams.penalize_nl ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "ppl_output_type: %d # default: 0\n", params.ppl_output_type);
     fprintf(stream, "ppl_stride: %d # default: 0\n", params.ppl_stride);
     fprintf(stream, "presence_penalty: %f # default: 0.0\n", sparams.penalty_present);