diff --git a/SPEC/NAME.md b/SPEC/NAME.md
index ecb7a041..e6705953 100644
--- a/SPEC/NAME.md
+++ b/SPEC/NAME.md
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ Although not listed in the documentation, all the following APIs that actually r
   lifetime: // string - Time duration of the record. Default: 24h
   ttl:      // string - Time duration this record should be cached
   key:      // string - Name of the key to be used. Default: 'self'
+  allowOffline: // bool - When offline, save the IPNS record to the the local datastore without broadcasting to the network instead of simply failing.
 }
 ```
 
+Note: `allowOffline` option is not yet implemented in js-ipfs. See tracking issue [ipfs/js-ipfs#1997](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues/1997).
+
 **Returns**
 
 | Type | Description |
diff --git a/src/miscellaneous/resolve.js b/src/miscellaneous/resolve.js
index 9971e681..b52f4f7d 100644
--- a/src/miscellaneous/resolve.js
+++ b/src/miscellaneous/resolve.js
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
       const [{ path }] = await ipfs.add(Buffer.from('should resolve a record recursive === true'))
       const { id: keyId } = await ipfs.key.gen('key-name', { type: 'rsa', size: 2048 })
 
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
-      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { 'allow-offline': true, key: 'key-name', resolve: false })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { allowOffline: true, key: 'key-name', resolve: false })
 
       return expect(await ipfs.resolve(`/ipns/${keyId}`, { recursive: true }))
         .to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}`)
diff --git a/src/name/publish.js b/src/name/publish.js
index a851aec2..40e7f21e 100644
--- a/src/name/publish.js
+++ b/src/name/publish.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
       const value = fixture.cid
 
-      ipfs.name.publish(value, { 'allow-offline': true }, (err, res) => {
+      ipfs.name.publish(value, { allowOffline: true }, (err, res) => {
         expect(err).to.not.exist()
         expect(res).to.exist()
         expect(res.name).to.equal(nodeId)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
     it('should publish correctly with the lifetime option and resolve', async () => {
       const [{ path }] = await ipfs.add(Buffer.from('should publish correctly with the lifetime option and resolve'))
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true, resolve: false, lifetime: '2h' })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true, resolve: false, lifetime: '2h' })
 
       return expect(await ipfs.name.resolve(`/ipns/${nodeId}`)).to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}`)
     })
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
         lifetime: '1m',
         ttl: '10s',
         key: 'self',
-        'allow-offline': true
+        allowOffline: true
       }
 
       ipfs.name.publish(value, options, (err, res) => {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
         lifetime: '24h',
         ttl: '10s',
         key: keyName,
-        'allow-offline': true
+        allowOffline: true
       }
 
       ipfs.key.gen(keyName, { type: 'rsa', size: 2048 }, function (err, key) {
diff --git a/src/name/resolve.js b/src/name/resolve.js
index be0e0d7a..5537e83e 100644
--- a/src/name/resolve.js
+++ b/src/name/resolve.js
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
       const { id: keyId } = await ipfs.key.gen('key-name-default', { type: 'rsa', size: 2048 })
 
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
-      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { 'allow-offline': true, key: 'key-name-default' })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { allowOffline: true, key: 'key-name-default' })
 
       return expect(await ipfs.name.resolve(`/ipns/${keyId}`))
         .to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}`)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
       this.timeout(20 * 1000)
       const [{ path }] = await ipfs.add(Buffer.from('should resolve a record from cidv1b32'))
       const { id: peerId } = await ipfs.id()
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
 
       // Represent Peer ID as CIDv1 Base32
       // https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/RFC/0001-text-peerid-cid.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
     it('should resolve a record recursive === false', async () => {
       const [{ path }] = await ipfs.add(Buffer.from('should resolve a record recursive === false'))
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
       return expect(await ipfs.name.resolve(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { recursive: false }))
         .to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}`)
     })
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
       const { id: keyId } = await ipfs.key.gen('key-name', { type: 'rsa', size: 2048 })
 
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
-      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { 'allow-offline': true, key: 'key-name' })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { allowOffline: true, key: 'key-name' })
 
       return expect(await ipfs.name.resolve(`/ipns/${keyId}`, { recursive: true }))
         .to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}`)
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
       const { id: keyId } = await ipfs.key.gen('key-name-remainder-default', { type: 'rsa', size: 2048 })
 
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
-      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { 'allow-offline': true, key: 'key-name-remainder-default' })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { allowOffline: true, key: 'key-name-remainder-default' })
 
       return expect(await ipfs.name.resolve(`/ipns/${keyId}/remainder/file.txt`))
         .to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}/remainder/file.txt`)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
     it('should resolve a record recursive === false with remainder', async () => {
       const [{ path }] = await ipfs.add(Buffer.from('should resolve a record recursive = false with remainder'))
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
       return expect(await ipfs.name.resolve(`/ipns/${nodeId}/remainder/file.txt`, { recursive: false }))
         .to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}/remainder/file.txt`)
     })
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
 
       const { id: keyId } = await ipfs.key.gen('key-name-remainder', { type: 'rsa', size: 2048 })
 
-      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { 'allow-offline': true })
-      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { 'allow-offline': true, key: 'key-name-remainder' })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(path, { allowOffline: true })
+      await ipfs.name.publish(`/ipns/${nodeId}`, { allowOffline: true, key: 'key-name-remainder' })
 
       return expect(await ipfs.name.resolve(`/ipns/${keyId}/remainder/file.txt`, { recursive: true }))
         .to.eq(`/ipfs/${path}/remainder/file.txt`)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
       const publishOptions = {
         lifetime: '100ms',
         ttl: '10s',
-        'allow-offline': true
+        allowOffline: true
       }
 
       // we add new data instead of re-using fixture to make sure lifetime handling doesn't break