diff --git a/cli/exec/flags.go b/cli/exec/flags.go
index 4302c5805..2bb54fdb8 100644
--- a/cli/exec/flags.go
+++ b/cli/exec/flags.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ var flags = []cli.Flag{
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		Sources: cli.EnvVars("CI_PIPELINE_FILES"),
 		Usage:   "Set the metadata environment variable \"CI_PIPELINE_FILES\", either json formatted list of strings, or comma separated string list.",
-		Name:    "pipeline-files",
+		Name:    "pipeline-changed-files",
 	},
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		Sources: cli.EnvVars("CI_COMMIT_SHA"),
diff --git a/cli/exec/metadata.go b/cli/exec/metadata.go
index 9e83bff91..23e23ffd1 100644
--- a/cli/exec/metadata.go
+++ b/cli/exec/metadata.go
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ func metadataFromContext(_ context.Context, c *cli.Command, axis matrix.Axis) (m
 	}
 
 	var changedFiles []string
-	changedFilesRaw := c.String("pipeline-files")
+	changedFilesRaw := c.String("pipeline-changed-files")
 	if len(changedFilesRaw) != 0 && changedFilesRaw[0] == '[' {
 		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(changedFilesRaw), &changedFiles); err != nil {
-			return metadata.Metadata{}, fmt.Errorf("pipeline-files detected json but could not parse it: %w", err)
+			return metadata.Metadata{}, fmt.Errorf("pipeline-changed-files detected json but could not parse it: %w", err)
 		}
 	} else {
 		for _, file := range strings.Split(changedFilesRaw, ",") {