diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 991f4c2..01739a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ secrets:
     data:
       - name: foo
         extension: txt
-        unzip: false
+        zip: false
         nameAsSubPath: false
 ```
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Description of the options used in manifest:
   `/secret/data`, while in V1 API it would be directly `/secret`;
 - `name.data.name`: file name;
 - `name.data.extension`: file extension;
-- `name.data.unzip`: file contents is GZIP, needs to be decompressed;
+- `name.data.zip`: file contents is GZIP, needs to be compressed/decompressed;
 - `name.data.nameAsSubPath`: employ name as final part of the Vault path `name.path`;
 
 ### File Naming Convention
diff --git a/pkg/vault-handler/handler.go b/pkg/vault-handler/handler.go
index 386e41a..2d6f651 100644
--- a/pkg/vault-handler/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/vault-handler/handler.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Upload(manifest *Manifest) error {
 			logger = logger.WithFields(log.Fields{
 				"name":      data.Name,
 				"extension": data.Extension,
-				"unzip":     data.Unzip,
+				"zip":       data.Zip,
 			})
 			logger.Info("Handling file")
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Upload(manifest *Manifest) error {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if data.Unzip {
+			if data.Zip {
 				if err = file.Zip(); err != nil {
 					logger.Error("error on zipping payload", err)
 					return err
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Download(manifest *Manifest) error {
 			logger.WithFields(log.Fields{
 				"name":      data.Name,
 				"extension": data.Extension,
-				"unzip":     data.Unzip,
+				"zip":       data.Zip,
 				"vaultPath": vaultPath,
 			}).Info("Reading data from Vault")
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Download(manifest *Manifest) error {
 			}
 			file := NewFile(group, &data, payload)
 
-			if data.Unzip {
+			if data.Zip {
 				if err = file.Unzip(); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/vault-handler/manifest.go b/pkg/vault-handler/manifest.go
index a23488d..99de72b 100644
--- a/pkg/vault-handler/manifest.go
+++ b/pkg/vault-handler/manifest.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Secrets struct {
 type SecretData struct {
 	Name          string `yaml:"name"`                    // file name
 	Extension     string `yaml:"extension"`               // file extension
-	Unzip         bool   `yaml:"unzip,omitempty"`         // unzip data after download
+	Zip           bool   `yaml:"zip,omitempty"`           // deal with zipped payload
 	NameAsSubPath bool   `yaml:"nameAsSubPath,omitempty"` // employ name as part of the path
 }
 
diff --git a/test/manifest.yaml b/test/manifest.yaml
index 3c04606..dd0da7b 100644
--- a/test/manifest.yaml
+++ b/test/manifest.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ secrets:
         # file extension
         extension: txt # when using "file" as type
         # unzip payload
-        unzip: false # only when having "file" as type
+        zip: false # only when having "file" as type
         # use key-name as part of vault path
         nameAsSubPath: false