diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/HostKeyVerificationStrategyEnum.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/HostKeyVerificationStrategyEnum.java
index 41060b258..69b8af71a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/HostKeyVerificationStrategyEnum.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/HostKeyVerificationStrategyEnum.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public enum HostKeyVerificationStrategyEnum {
     CHECK_NEW_HARD("check-new-hard", "yes", new CheckNewHardStrategy()),
     CHECK_NEW_SOFT("check-new-soft", "accept-new", new CheckNewSoftStrategy()),
     ACCEPT_NEW("accept-new", "accept-new", new AcceptNewStrategy()),
-    OFF("off", "off", new NonVerifyingKeyVerificationStrategy());
+    OFF("off", "no", new NonVerifyingKeyVerificationStrategy());
     
     private final String displayText;
     private final SshHostKeyVerificationStrategy strategy;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/SlaveTemplate/help-hostKeyVerificationStrategy.html b/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/SlaveTemplate/help-hostKeyVerificationStrategy.html
index 5d9344649..b2a08ccae 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/SlaveTemplate/help-hostKeyVerificationStrategy.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/SlaveTemplate/help-hostKeyVerificationStrategy.html
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
         <li><b><i>check-new-hard = yes</i></b></li>
         <li><b><i>check-new-soft = accept-new</i></b></li>
         <li><b><i>accept-new = accept-new</i></b></li>
-        <li><b><i>off = off</i></b></li>
+        <li><b><i>off = no</i></b></li>
     </ul>
     
     <i><strong>Note: </strong></i>With the <i>check-new-hard</i> and <i>check-new-soft</i> strategies you may need to increase the <i>Launch Timeout in seconds</i> because it will now
     take until the instance console is ready, which could be several minutes. If the field is blank, it means there is no time-out which will wait indefinitely for the console.
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>