diff --git a/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go b/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go
index 365e672a9..836505a1c 100644
--- a/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ func parseArgs(flags *flag.FlagSet, osArgs ...string) *worker.Args {
 		switch f.Name {
 		case "no-publish":
 			args.Overrides.NoPublish = overrides.NoPublish
+		case "label-sources":
+			args.Overrides.LabelSources = overrides.LabelSources
 		case "label-whitelist":
 			klog.Warningf("-label-whitelist is deprecated, use 'core.labelWhiteList' option in the config file, instead")
 			args.Overrides.LabelWhiteList = overrides.LabelWhiteList
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ func parseArgs(flags *flag.FlagSet, osArgs ...string) *worker.Args {
 			klog.Warningf("-sleep-interval is deprecated, use 'core.sleepInterval' option in the config file, instead")
 			args.Overrides.SleepInterval = overrides.SleepInterval
 		case "sources":
-			klog.Warningf("-sources is deprecated, use 'core.sources' option in the config file, instead")
+			klog.Warningf("-sources is deprecated, use '-label-sources' flag, instead")
 			args.Overrides.LabelSources = overrides.LabelSources
 		}
 	})
@@ -125,6 +127,8 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*worker.Args, *worker.ConfigOverrideArgs)
 	}
 	overrides.NoPublish = flagset.Bool("no-publish", false,
 		"Do not publish discovered features, disable connection to nfd-master.")
+	flagset.Var(overrides.LabelSources, "label-sources",
+		"Comma separated list of label sources. Special value 'all' enables all feature sources.")
 	flagset.Var(overrides.LabelWhiteList, "label-whitelist",
 		"Regular expression to filter label names to publish to the Kubernetes API server. "+
 			"NB: the label namespace is omitted i.e. the filter is only applied to the name part after '/'. "+
@@ -133,8 +137,8 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*worker.Args, *worker.ConfigOverrideArgs)
 		"Time to sleep between re-labeling. Non-positive value implies no re-labeling (i.e. infinite sleep). "+
 			"DEPRECATED: This parameter should be set via the config file")
 	flagset.Var(overrides.LabelSources, "sources",
-		"Comma separated list of feature sources. Special value 'all' enables all feature sources. "+
-			"DEPRECATED: This parameter should be set via the config file")
+		"Comma separated list of label sources. Special value 'all' enables all feature sources. "+
+			"DEPRECATED: use -label-sources instead")
 
 	return args, overrides
 }
diff --git a/cmd/nfd-worker/main_test.go b/cmd/nfd-worker/main_test.go
index 92da940e3..043eedb00 100644
--- a/cmd/nfd-worker/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nfd-worker/main_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestParseArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			args := parseArgs(flags,
 				"-no-publish",
 				"-label-whitelist=.*rdt.*",
-				"-sources=fake1,fake2,fake3",
+				"-label-sources=fake1,fake2,fake3",
 				"-sleep-interval=30s")
 
 			Convey("args.sources is set to appropriate values", func() {