diff --git a/client/cli/src/arg_enums.rs b/client/cli/src/arg_enums.rs
index 20f68bc7fb55e..372e8645e30cc 100644
--- a/client/cli/src/arg_enums.rs
+++ b/client/cli/src/arg_enums.rs
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ pub enum OffchainWorkerEnabled {
 	Always,
 	/// Never enable the offchain worker.
 	Never,
-	/// Only enable the offchain worker when running as validator.
-	WhenValidating,
+	/// Only enable the offchain worker when running as a validator (or collator, if this is a
+	/// parachain node).
+	WhenAuthority,
 }
 
 /// Syncing mode.
diff --git a/client/cli/src/params/offchain_worker_params.rs b/client/cli/src/params/offchain_worker_params.rs
index a660320fde255..b18e036c06de5 100644
--- a/client/cli/src/params/offchain_worker_params.rs
+++ b/client/cli/src/params/offchain_worker_params.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub struct OffchainWorkerParams {
 		value_name = "ENABLED",
 		value_enum,
 		ignore_case = true,
-		default_value_t = OffchainWorkerEnabled::WhenValidating
+		default_value_t = OffchainWorkerEnabled::WhenAuthority
 	)]
 	pub enabled: OffchainWorkerEnabled,
 
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ impl OffchainWorkerParams {
 	/// Load spec to `Configuration` from `OffchainWorkerParams` and spec factory.
 	pub fn offchain_worker(&self, role: &Role) -> error::Result<OffchainWorkerConfig> {
 		let enabled = match (&self.enabled, role) {
-			(OffchainWorkerEnabled::WhenValidating, Role::Authority { .. }) => true,
+			(OffchainWorkerEnabled::WhenAuthority, Role::Authority { .. }) => true,
 			(OffchainWorkerEnabled::Always, _) => true,
 			(OffchainWorkerEnabled::Never, _) => false,
-			(OffchainWorkerEnabled::WhenValidating, _) => false,
+			(OffchainWorkerEnabled::WhenAuthority, _) => false,
 		};
 
 		let indexing_enabled = self.indexing_enabled;