diff --git a/src/commit.rs b/src/commit.rs
index 71ae66d891967c93aab406960587c00e681534ce..078c9c91125b426f750f3e5e84947d9b27c37151 100644
--- a/src/commit.rs
+++ b/src/commit.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub fn commit(compression: String, mut commit_id: String, update: bool) {
         &compression,
     ];
     if has_ignore {
-        margs.push("--exclude-from");
+        margs.push("--patterns-from");
         margs.push(borgignore.to_str().unwrap());
     }
     let cmd_part = format!("{}::{}", borg_folder.to_str().unwrap(), commit_id);