diff --git a/spacy/cli/apply.py b/spacy/cli/apply.py
index 8856eea48..8358faa3e 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/apply.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/apply.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def apply_cli(
     data_path: Path = Arg(..., help=path_help, exists=True),
     output_file: Path = Arg(..., help=out_help, dir_okay=False),
     code_path: Optional[Path] = Opt(None, "--code", "-c", help=code_help),
-    json_field: str = Opt("text", "--json-field", "-jf", help="Field to grab from .jsonl"),
+    text_key: str = Opt("text", "--text-key", "-tk", help="Field to grab from .jsonl"),
     force_overwrite: bool = Opt(False, "--force", "-F", help="Force overwriting the output file"),
     use_gpu: int = Opt(-1, "--gpu-id", "-g", help="GPU ID or -1 for CPU."),
     batch_size: int = Opt(1, "--batch-size", "-b", help="Batch size."),
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def apply_cli(
         msg.fail(f"Couldn't find data path: {data_path}", exits=1)
     import_code(code_path)
     setup_gpu(use_gpu)
-    apply(data_path, output_file, model, json_field, batch_size, n_process)
+    apply(data_path, output_file, model, text_key, batch_size, n_process)
 
 
 def apply(