diff --git a/config/bridge.go b/config/bridge.go
index 073c68c..32260c8 100644
--- a/config/bridge.go
+++ b/config/bridge.go
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ type PermissionConfig map[string]PermissionLevel
 type PermissionLevel int
 
 const (
-	PermissionLevelDefault  PermissionLevel = 0
-	PermissionLevelRelaybot PermissionLevel = 5
-	PermissionLevelUser     PermissionLevel = 10
-	PermissionLevelAdmin    PermissionLevel = 100
+	PermissionLevelDefault PermissionLevel = 0
+	PermissionLevelRelay   PermissionLevel = 5
+	PermissionLevelUser    PermissionLevel = 10
+	PermissionLevelAdmin   PermissionLevel = 100
 )
 
 func (pc *PermissionConfig) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ func (pc *PermissionConfig) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) err
 	}
 	for key, value := range rawPC {
 		switch strings.ToLower(value) {
-		case "relaybot":
-			(*pc)[key] = PermissionLevelRelaybot
+		case "relaybot", "relay":
+			(*pc)[key] = PermissionLevelRelay
 		case "user":
 			(*pc)[key] = PermissionLevelUser
 		case "admin":
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ func (pc *PermissionConfig) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
 	rawPC := make(map[string]string)
 	for key, value := range *pc {
 		switch value {
-		case PermissionLevelRelaybot:
-			rawPC[key] = "relaybot"
+		case PermissionLevelRelay:
+			rawPC[key] = "relay"
 		case PermissionLevelUser:
 			rawPC[key] = "user"
 		case PermissionLevelAdmin:
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ func (pc *PermissionConfig) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
 	return rawPC, nil
 }
 
-func (pc PermissionConfig) IsRelaybotWhitelisted(userID id.UserID) bool {
-	return pc.GetPermissionLevel(userID) >= PermissionLevelRelaybot
+func (pc PermissionConfig) IsRelayWhitelisted(userID id.UserID) bool {
+	return pc.GetPermissionLevel(userID) >= PermissionLevelRelay
 }
 
 func (pc PermissionConfig) IsWhitelisted(userID id.UserID) bool {
diff --git a/example-config.yaml b/example-config.yaml
index 1eed183..52c20b9 100644
--- a/example-config.yaml
+++ b/example-config.yaml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ bridge:
 
     # Permissions for using the bridge.
     # Permitted values:
-    # relaybot - Talk through the relaybot (if enabled), no access otherwise
+    #    relay - Talk through the relaybot (if enabled), no access otherwise
     #     user - Access to use the bridge to chat with a WhatsApp account.
     #    admin - User level and some additional administration tools
     # Permitted keys:
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ bridge:
     #   domain - All users on that homeserver
     #     mxid - Specific user
     permissions:
-        "*": relaybot
+        "*": relay
         "example.com": user
         "@admin:example.com": admin
 
diff --git a/matrix.go b/matrix.go
index 971d998..92869bd 100644
--- a/matrix.go
+++ b/matrix.go
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (mx *MatrixHandler) shouldIgnoreEvent(evt *event.Event) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 	user := mx.bridge.GetUserByMXID(evt.Sender)
-	if !user.RelaybotWhitelisted {
+	if !user.RelayWhitelisted {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/provisioning.go b/provisioning.go
index 15be72c..eadb10b 100644
--- a/provisioning.go
+++ b/provisioning.go
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ func (prov *ProvisioningAPI) Ping(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 	resp := map[string]interface{}{
-		"mxid":                 user.MXID,
-		"admin":                user.Admin,
-		"whitelisted":          user.Whitelisted,
-		"relaybot_whitelisted": user.RelaybotWhitelisted,
-		"whatsapp":             wa,
+		"mxid":              user.MXID,
+		"admin":             user.Admin,
+		"whitelisted":       user.Whitelisted,
+		"relay_whitelisted": user.RelayWhitelisted,
+		"whatsapp":          wa,
 	}
 	jsonResponse(w, http.StatusOK, resp)
 }
diff --git a/user.go b/user.go
index 9ed813e..6584f2e 100644
--- a/user.go
+++ b/user.go
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ type User struct {
 	bridge *Bridge
 	log    log.Logger
 
-	Admin               bool
-	Whitelisted         bool
-	RelaybotWhitelisted bool
+	Admin            bool
+	Whitelisted      bool
+	RelayWhitelisted bool
 
 	mgmtCreateLock sync.Mutex
 	connLock       sync.Mutex
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (bridge *Bridge) NewUser(dbUser *database.User) *User {
 
 		historySyncs: make(chan *events.HistorySync, 32),
 	}
-	user.RelaybotWhitelisted = user.bridge.Config.Bridge.Permissions.IsRelaybotWhitelisted(user.MXID)
+	user.RelayWhitelisted = user.bridge.Config.Bridge.Permissions.IsRelayWhitelisted(user.MXID)
 	user.Whitelisted = user.bridge.Config.Bridge.Permissions.IsWhitelisted(user.MXID)
 	user.Admin = user.bridge.Config.Bridge.Permissions.IsAdmin(user.MXID)
 	go func() {