diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ff952b6b..baf4f0d9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export interface GossipsubOpts extends GossipsubOptsSpec, PubSubInit {
   /** Do not throw `InsufficientPeers` error if publishing to zero peers */
   allowPublishToZeroPeers: boolean
   /** Do not throw `PublishError.Duplicate` if publishing duplicate messages */
-  ignoreDuplicateMessages: boolean
+  allowPublishDuplicateMessages: boolean
   /** For a single stream, await processing each RPC before processing the next */
   awaitRpcHandler: boolean
   /** For a single RPC, await processing each message before processing the next */
@@ -2016,13 +2016,13 @@ export class GossipSub extends EventEmitter<GossipsubEvents> implements PubSub<G
     const msgIdStr = this.msgIdToStrFn(msgId)
 
     // Current publish opt takes precedence global opts, while preserving false value
-    const ignoreDuplicateMessages = opts?.ignoreDuplicateMessages ?? this.opts.ignoreDuplicateMessages
+    const allowPublishDuplicateMessages = opts?.allowPublishDuplicateMessages ?? this.opts.allowPublishDuplicateMessages
 
     if (this.seenCache.has(msgIdStr)) {
       // This message has already been seen. We don't re-publish messages that have already
       // been published on the network.
-      if (ignoreDuplicateMessages) {
-        this.metrics?.onIgnorePublishedDuplicateMsg(topic)
+      if (allowPublishDuplicateMessages) {
+        this.metrics?.onPublishDuplicateMsg(topic)
         return { recipients: [] }
       }
       throw Error('PublishError.Duplicate')
diff --git a/src/metrics.ts b/src/metrics.ts
index 12e335b2..068413e0 100644
--- a/src/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/metrics.ts
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ export function getMetrics(
       }
     },
 
-    onIgnorePublishedDuplicateMsg(topicStr: TopicStr): void {
+    onPublishDuplicateMsg(topicStr: TopicStr): void {
       const topic = this.toTopic(topicStr)
       this.duplicateMsgIgnored.inc({ topic }, 1)
     },
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index a7772fe4..04262ee7 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export enum SignaturePolicy {
 
 export type PublishOpts = {
   allowPublishToZeroPeers?: boolean
-  ignoreDuplicateMessages?: boolean
+allowPublishDuplicateMessages?: boolean
 }
 
 export enum PublishConfigType {