diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
index 0a99b45fca0dddb82346d4f5d25beef0a1722020..d18124876fbd486e38ed736794d43dea87cde3bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
@@ -207,16 +207,16 @@ public class StartEmbeddedMongoMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     private MavenProject project;
 
     /**
-     * @parameter expression="${skipITs}" default-value="false"
+     * @parameter expression="${embedmongo.skip}" default-value="false"
      */
-    private boolean skipITs;
+    private boolean skip;
 
     @Override
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
 
-        if (skipITs) {
-            getLog().info("skipITs detected, not starting embedmongo");
+        if (skip) {
+            getLog().debug("skip=true, not starting embedmongo");
             return;
         }
         
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StopEmbeddedMongoMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StopEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
index 6f704da78934d989038fbf790aee26e53b0df94e..aaf05ccbe5ee21f084316a1985117176249254f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StopEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StopEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.MongodProcess;
 public class StopEmbeddedMongoMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
-     * @parameter expression="${skipITs}" default-value="false"
+     * @parameter expression="${embedmongo.skip}" default-value="false"
      */
-    private boolean skipITs;
+    private boolean skip;
 
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
-        if (skipITs) {
+        if (skip) {
             return;
         }