diff --git a/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md b/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md
index 123bfb568c..f2923dd2c7 100644
--- a/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md
+++ b/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ at the profile level, while what a profile buys sits at the address level.
 Internal API. The names commands will call these; users will not.
 
 ```
-/_wallet                       the next name addresses
-/_wallet create new            generate the seed
-/_wallet create seed=<phrase>  take the seed from a phrase
-/_wallet export                the seed mnemonic
-/_wallet export <name>         one derived secret, as 0x and 64 hex digits
-/_wallet delete                delete the seed
+/_wallet                           the next name addresses
+/_wallet create new                generate the seed
+/_wallet create mnemonic=<phrase>  take the seed from a mnemonic
+/_wallet export                    the seed mnemonic
+/_wallet export <name>             one derived secret, as 0x and 64 hex digits
+/_wallet delete                    delete the seed
 ```
 
 Creating and importing are one command, because they differ only in where the
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
index b336aca007..c601c3efd6 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
@@ -5584,7 +5584,7 @@ chatCommandP =
       "/_service_request " *> (APISendServiceRequest <$> A.decimal <* A.space <*> strP <*> optional (" timeout=" *> (realToFrac <$> A.double)) <*> optional (" sign_key=" *> strP) <* A.space <*> jsonP),
       "/_service_response " *> (APISendServiceResponse <$> A.decimal <* A.space <*> strP <* A.space <*> jsonP),
       "/_wallet create new" $> APIWalletCreate Nothing,
-      "/_wallet create seed=" *> (APIWalletCreate . Just <$> textP),
+      "/_wallet create mnemonic=" *> (APIWalletCreate . Just <$> textP),
       "/_wallet export " *> (APIWalletExportDerivedSecret <$> keyIndexP),
       "/_wallet export" $> APIWalletExportSeedMnemonic,
       "/_wallet delete" $> APIWalletDelete,
diff --git a/tests/WalletTests.hs b/tests/WalletTests.hs
index e84ed81eeb..4afbb0bff9 100644
--- a/tests/WalletTests.hs
+++ b/tests/WalletTests.hs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ testWalletPersists ps = do
 
 testWalletSharedByProfiles :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testWalletSharedByProfiles ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   rows <- nameRows alice
   alice ##> "/create user alisa"
   showActiveUser alice "alisa"
@@ -109,20 +109,20 @@ testWalletSharedByProfiles ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice
 
 testWalletImport :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testWalletImport ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   alice <## "m/44'/60'/0'/0/1  0x6Fac4D18c912343BF86fa7049364Dd4E424Ab9C0"
   alice <## "m/44'/60'/0'/0/2  0xb6716976A3ebe8D39aCEB04372f22Ff8e6802D7A"
   alice ##> "/_wallet export"
   alice <## B.unpack testPhrase
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   alice <## "bad chat command: this device already has a wallet key"
   -- a mistyped phrase says nothing about which word was wrong
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack (B.unwords $ replicate 12 "abandon"))
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack (B.unwords $ replicate 12 "abandon"))
   alice <## "bad chat command: bad recovery phrase"
 
 testWalletExportDerivedSecret :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testWalletExportDerivedSecret ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   _ <- nameRows alice
   alice ##> "/_wallet export 1"
   alice <## "m/44'/60'/0'/0/1  0x6Fac4D18c912343BF86fa7049364Dd4E424Ab9C0  0x9a983cb3d832fbde5ab49d692b7a8bf5b5d232479c99333d0fc8e1d21f1b55b6"
@@ -135,22 +135,22 @@ testWalletExportDerivedSecret ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \al
 
 testWalletDelete :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testWalletDelete ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   _ <- nameRows alice
   alice ##> "/_wallet delete"
   alice <## "no wallet key"
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   _ <- nameRows alice
   pure ()
 
 testWalletImportThenRestore :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testWalletImportThenRestore ps = withNewTestChat ps "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   _ <- nameRows alice
   -- restoring the database replaces the seed with what the backup held, which is nothing
   forgetSeed alice
   alice ##> "/_wallet"
   alice <## "no wallet key"
-  alice ##> ("/_wallet create seed=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
+  alice ##> ("/_wallet create mnemonic=" <> B.unpack testPhrase)
   rows <- nameRows alice
   map fst rows `shouldBe` ["m/44'/60'/0'/0/1", "m/44'/60'/0'/0/2"]