diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index ce97ff30..e2a62c61 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ const _series_defaults = KW(
     :stride       => (1, 1),    # array stride for wireframe/surface, the first element is the row stride and the second is the column stride.
     :connections  => nothing,  # tuple of arrays to specifiy connectivity of a 3d mesh
     :z_order      => :front, # one of :front, :back or integer in 1:length(sp.series_list)
-    :series_permutation => :none, # tuple of two symbols to be permuted
+    :permute => :none, # tuple of two symbols to be permuted
     :extra_kwargs => Dict(),
 )
 
diff --git a/src/axes.jl b/src/axes.jl
index 14255255..b7b03842 100644
--- a/src/axes.jl
+++ b/src/axes.jl
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@ end
 # whenever we have discrete values, we automatically set the ticks to match.
 # we return (continuous_value, discrete_index)
 function discrete_value!(plotattributes, letter::Symbol, dv)
-    l = if plotattributes[:series_permutation] !== :none
-        only(filter(!=(letter), plotattributes[:series_permutation]))
+    l = if plotattributes[:permute] !== :none
+        only(filter(!=(letter), plotattributes[:permute]))
     else
         letter
     end
diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index f2778bd2..9b7659c3 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ const _base_supported_args = [
     :projection,
     :show_empty_bins,
     :z_order,
-    :series_permutation,
+    :permute,
 ]
 
 function merge_with_base_supported(v::AVec)
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ const _unicodeplots_seriestype = [
     :heatmap,
     :contour,
     # :contour3d,
-    :series_permutation,
+    :permute,
     :spy,
     :surface,
     :wireframe,
@@ -1024,7 +1024,6 @@ const _hdf5_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     :titlelocation,
     :titlefont,
     :window_title,
-    :series_permutation,
     :guide,
     :lims,
     :ticks,
@@ -1127,7 +1126,6 @@ const _inspectdr_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     :window_title,
     :guide,
     :lims,
-    :series_permutation,
     :scale, #:ticks, :flip, :rotation,
     :titlefontfamily,
     :titlefontsize,
@@ -1231,7 +1229,6 @@ const _pgfplotsx_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     :lims,
     :ticks,
     :scale,
-    :series_permutation,
     :flip,
     :titlefontfamily,
     :titlefontsize,
diff --git a/src/consts.jl b/src/consts.jl
index 794e12a3..c77c45c4 100644
--- a/src/consts.jl
+++ b/src/consts.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-const _deprecated_attributes = Dict{Symbol, Symbol}(:orientation => :series_permutation)
+const _deprecated_attributes = Dict{Symbol, Symbol}(:orientation => :permute)
 const _all_defaults = KW[_series_defaults, _plot_defaults, _subplot_defaults]
 
 const _initial_defaults = deepcopy(_all_defaults)
diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index 7ddc217a..58d55020 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ end
 function _preprocess_userrecipe(kw::AKW)
     _add_markershape(kw)
 
-    if get(kw, :series_permutation, default(:series_permutation)) != :none
-        l1, l2 = kw[:series_permutation]
+    if get(kw, :permute, default(:permute)) != :none
+        l1, l2 = kw[:permute]
         for k in _axis_args
             k1 = _attrsymbolcache[l1][k]
             k2 = _attrsymbolcache[l2][k]
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ RecipesPipeline.is_seriestype_supported(plt::Plot, st) = is_seriestype_supported
 
 function RecipesPipeline.add_series!(plt::Plot, plotattributes)
     sp = _prepare_subplot(plt, plotattributes)
-    if plotattributes[:series_permutation] != :none
-        letter1, letter2 = plotattributes[:series_permutation]
+    if plotattributes[:permute] != :none
+        letter1, letter2 = plotattributes[:permute]
         plotattributes[letter1], plotattributes[letter2] =
             plotattributes[letter2], plotattributes[letter1]
     end
diff --git a/test/test_args.jl b/test/test_args.jl
index fd2a43f1..e0f1373f 100644
--- a/test/test_args.jl
+++ b/test/test_args.jl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ end
 
 @testset "Permute recipes" begin
     pl = bar(["a", "b", "c"], [1, 2, 3])
-    ppl = bar(["a", "b", "c"], [1, 2, 3], series_permutation = (:x, :y))
+    ppl = bar(["a", "b", "c"], [1, 2, 3], permute = (:x, :y))
     @test xticks(ppl) == yticks(pl)
     @test yticks(ppl) == xticks(pl)
     @test filter(isfinite, pl[1][1][:x]) == filter(isfinite, ppl[1][1][:y])