diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 5cb00d6..92be7d2 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 	flagAWSEndpointURL       = "aws-endpoint-url"
 	flagLogLevel             = "log-level"
 	flagResourceTags         = "resource-tags"
-	flagListenNamespace      = "listen-namespace"
+	flagWatchNamespace       = "watch-namespace"
 )
 
 // Config contains configuration otpions for ACK service controllers
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	EndpointURL              string
 	LogLevel                 string
 	ResourceTags             []string
-	ListenNamespace          string
+	WatchNamespace           string
 }
 
 // BindFlags defines CLI/runtime configuration options
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ func (cfg *Config) BindFlags() {
 		"Configures the ACK service controller to always set key/value pairs tags on resources that it manages.",
 	)
 	flag.StringVar(
-		&cfg.ListenNamespace, flagListenNamespace,
+		&cfg.WatchNamespace , flagWatchNamespace,
 		"",
-		"Specific namespace the service controller will listen to for object creation from CRD. "+ 
+		"Specific namespace the service controller will watch for object creation from CRD. "+ 
 			" By default it will listen to all namespaces",
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/adoption_reconciler.go b/pkg/runtime/adoption_reconciler.go
index 560d895..29cfb81 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/adoption_reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/adoption_reconciler.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (r *adoptionReconciler) BindControllerManager(mgr ctrlrt.Manager) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	r.kc = mgr.GetClient()
-	r.cache = ackrtcache.New(clientset, r.log, r.cfg.ListenNamespace)
+	r.cache = ackrtcache.New(clientset, r.log, r.cfg.WatchNamespace)
 	r.cache.Run()
 	return ctrlrt.NewControllerManagedBy(
 		mgr,
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/cache/cache.go b/pkg/runtime/cache/cache.go
index 5964b01..a8a14f0 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/cache/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/cache/cache.go
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ type Caches struct {
 
 // New creates a new Caches object from a kubernetes.Interface and
 // a logr.Logger
-func New(clientset kubernetes.Interface, log logr.Logger, listenNamespace string) Caches {
+func New(clientset kubernetes.Interface, log logr.Logger, watchNamespace  string) Caches {
 	return Caches{
 		Accounts:   NewAccountCache(clientset, log),
-		Namespaces: NewNamespaceCache(clientset, log, listenNamespace),
+		Namespaces: NewNamespaceCache(clientset, log, watchNamespace),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/cache/namespace.go b/pkg/runtime/cache/namespace.go
index 897c2c6..56a64dd 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/cache/namespace.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/cache/namespace.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type NamespaceCache struct {
 	log logr.Logger
 	// Provide a namespace specifically to listen to. 
 	// Provide empty string to listen to all namespaces except kube-system and kube-public.
-	listenNamespace string
+	watchNamespace  string
 
 	// Namespace informer
 	informer k8scache.SharedInformer
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type NamespaceCache struct {
 
 // NewNamespaceCache makes a new NamespaceCache from a
 // kubernetes.Interface and a logr.Logger
-func NewNamespaceCache(clientset kubernetes.Interface, log logr.Logger, listenNamespace string) *NamespaceCache {
+func NewNamespaceCache(clientset kubernetes.Interface, log logr.Logger, watchNamespace string) *NamespaceCache {
 	sharedInformer := informersv1.NewNamespaceInformer(
 		clientset,
 		informerResyncPeriod,
@@ -76,20 +76,20 @@ func NewNamespaceCache(clientset kubernetes.Interface, log logr.Logger, listenNa
 	return &NamespaceCache{
 		informer:       sharedInformer,
 		log:            log.WithName("cache.namespace"),
-		listenNamespace: listenNamespace,
+		watchNamespace: watchNamespace,
 		namespaceInfos: make(map[string]*namespaceInfo),
 	}
 }
 
 // Check if the provided namespace should be listened to or not 
-func isListenNamespace(raw interface{}, listenNamespace string) bool {
+func isWatchNamespace(raw interface{}, watchNamespace string) bool {
 	object, ok := raw.(*corev1.Namespace)
 	if !ok {
 		return false
 	} 
 
-	if listenNamespace != "" {
-		return listenNamespace == object.ObjectMeta.Name
+	if watchNamespace != "" {
+		return watchNamespace == object.ObjectMeta.Name
 	}
 	return object.ObjectMeta.Name != "kube-system" && object.ObjectMeta.Name != "kube-public"
 }
@@ -99,21 +99,21 @@ func isListenNamespace(raw interface{}, listenNamespace string) bool {
 func (c *NamespaceCache) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	c.informer.AddEventHandler(k8scache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			if isListenNamespace(obj, c.listenNamespace) {
+			if isWatchNamespace(obj, c.watchNamespace) {
 				ns := obj.(*corev1.Namespace)
 				c.setNamespaceInfoFromK8sObject(ns)
 				c.log.V(1).Info("created namespace", "name", ns.ObjectMeta.Name)
 			}
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(orig, desired interface{}) {
-			if isListenNamespace(desired, c.listenNamespace) {
+			if isWatchNamespace(desired, c.watchNamespace) {
 				ns := desired.(*corev1.Namespace)
 				c.setNamespaceInfoFromK8sObject(ns)
 				c.log.V(1).Info("updated namespace", "name", ns.ObjectMeta.Name)
 			}
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			if isListenNamespace(obj, c.listenNamespace) {
+			if isWatchNamespace(obj, c.watchNamespace) {
 				ns := obj.(*corev1.Namespace)
 				c.deleteNamespaceInfo(ns.ObjectMeta.Name)
 				c.log.V(1).Info("deleted namespace", "name", ns.ObjectMeta.Name)
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go b/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go
index f685c53..4a40e98 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (r *resourceReconciler) BindControllerManager(mgr ctrlrt.Manager) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	r.kc = mgr.GetClient()
-	r.cache = ackrtcache.New(clientset, r.log, r.cfg.ListenNamespace)
+	r.cache = ackrtcache.New(clientset, r.log, r.cfg.WatchNamespace)
 	r.cache.Run()
 	rd := r.rmf.ResourceDescriptor()
 	return ctrlrt.NewControllerManagedBy(