diff --git a/yamlfixer/__main__.py b/yamlfixer/__main__.py
index 9cc97a8..966134d 100755
--- a/yamlfixer/__main__.py
+++ b/yamlfixer/__main__.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ def run():
     cmdline.add_argument("-d", "--debug",
                          action="store_true",
                          help="output debug information to stderr.")
-    cmdline.add_argument("-l", "--listfixes",
+    cmdline.add_argument("-l", "--listfixers",
                          action="store_true",
-                         help="output the list of available fixes.")
+                         help="output the list of available fixers.")
     mutuallyexclusive = cmdline.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     mutuallyexclusive.add_argument("-j", "--jsonsummary",
                                    action="store_true",
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ def run():
     if cmdline.prog == "__main__.py":
         cmdline.prog = "yamlfixer"
     arguments = cmdline.parse_args()
-    if arguments.listfixes:
-        return YAMLFixer(arguments).listfixes()
-    return YAMLFixer(arguments).fix()
+    yfixer = YAMLFixer(arguments)
+    if arguments.listfixers:
+        return yfixer.listfixers()
+    return yfixer.fix()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     sys.exit(run())
diff --git a/yamlfixer/yamlfixer.py b/yamlfixer/yamlfixer.py
index badb93a..0808449 100755
--- a/yamlfixer/yamlfixer.py
+++ b/yamlfixer/yamlfixer.py
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ def statistics(self):
                                                       }
             self.info(json.dumps(summarymapping, indent=4))
 
-    def listfixes(self):
-        """List all the available fixes."""
-        availablefixes = []
+    def listfixers(self):
+        """List all the available fixers."""
+        availablefixers = []
         for methodname in [m for m in dir(ProblemFixer) if m.startswith('fix_')]:
             docstring = getattr(ProblemFixer, methodname).__doc__
             for prob in [pb.strip()[2:] for pb in docstring.splitlines()[1:]]:
                 if prob:
-                    availablefixes.append(prob)
-        self.info("fixes:")
-        for fixstr in sorted(availablefixes):
+                    availablefixers.append(prob)
+        self.info("fixers:")
+        for fixstr in sorted(availablefixers):
             self.info(f"  - {fixstr}")
         return EXIT_OK