diff --git a/git-flow-release b/git-flow-release
index 3acdfd36..9b28f2e2 100644
--- a/git-flow-release
+++ b/git-flow-release
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ r,[no]remote     Delete remote branch
 	DEFINE_boolean 'remote' false "delete remote branch" r
 
 	# Override defaults with values from config
-	gitflow_override_flag_boolean   "release.delete.fetch"    "fetch"
+	gitflow_override_flag_boolean   "release.delete.force"    "force"
 	gitflow_override_flag_boolean   "release.delete.remote"   "remote"
 
 	# Parse arguments