diff --git a/docling/cli/main.py b/docling/cli/main.py
index 92b0f741..6686da9a 100644
--- a/docling/cli/main.py
+++ b/docling/cli/main.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def convert(
         Optional[Path],
         typer.Option(..., help="If provided, the location of the model artifacts."),
     ] = None,
-    allow_remote_services: Annotated[
+    enable_remote_services: Annotated[
         bool,
         typer.Option(
             ..., help="Must be enabled when using models connecting to remote services."
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def convert(
 
         accelerator_options = AcceleratorOptions(num_threads=num_threads, device=device)
         pipeline_options = PdfPipelineOptions(
-            allow_remote_services=allow_remote_services,
+            enable_remote_services=enable_remote_services,
             accelerator_options=accelerator_options,
             do_ocr=ocr,
             ocr_options=ocr_options,
diff --git a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
index ef533883..16fb1456 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class PipelineOptions(BaseModel):
     )
     document_timeout: Optional[float] = None
     accelerator_options: AcceleratorOptions = AcceleratorOptions()
-    allow_remote_services: bool = False
+    enable_remote_services: bool = False
 
 
 class PdfPipelineOptions(PipelineOptions):
diff --git a/docling/models/picture_description_api_model.py b/docling/models/picture_description_api_model.py
index ff8d95a1..c64f1bfe 100644
--- a/docling/models/picture_description_api_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/picture_description_api_model.py
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ class PictureDescriptionApiModel(PictureDescriptionBaseModel):
     def __init__(
         self,
         enabled: bool,
-        allow_remote_services: bool,
+        enable_remote_services: bool,
         options: PictureDescriptionApiOptions,
     ):
         super().__init__(enabled=enabled, options=options)
         self.options: PictureDescriptionApiOptions
 
         if self.enabled:
-            if not allow_remote_services:
+            if not enable_remote_services:
                 raise OperationNotAllowed(
                     "Connections to remote services is only allowed when set explicitly. "
-                    "pipeline_options.allow_remote_services=True."
+                    "pipeline_options.enable_remote_services=True."
                 )
 
     def _annotate_images(self, images: Iterable[Image.Image]) -> Iterable[str]:
diff --git a/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_pipeline.py b/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_pipeline.py
index f1cb6987..3b8bee01 100644
--- a/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_pipeline.py
+++ b/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_pipeline.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class StandardPdfPipeline(PaginatedPipeline):
         ):
             return PictureDescriptionApiModel(
                 enabled=self.pipeline_options.do_picture_description,
-                allow_remote_services=self.pipeline_options.allow_remote_services,
+                enable_remote_services=self.pipeline_options.enable_remote_services,
                 options=self.pipeline_options.picture_description_options,
             )
         elif isinstance(
diff --git a/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py b/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py
index f8bf5ad4..05689c50 100644
--- a/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py
+++ b/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def main():
     # $ vllm serve "HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-256M-Instruct"
 
     pipeline_options = PdfPipelineOptions(
-        allow_remote_services=True  # <-- this is required!
+        enable_remote_services=True  # <-- this is required!
     )
     pipeline_options.do_picture_description = True
     pipeline_options.picture_description_options = PictureDescriptionApiOptions(
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index ad8c57f3..4b5e4ba1 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ from docling.datamodel.base_models import InputFormat
 from docling.datamodel.pipeline_options import PdfPipelineOptions
 from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter, PdfFormatOption
 
-pipeline_options = PdfPipelineOptions(allow_remote_services=True)
+pipeline_options = PdfPipelineOptions(enable_remote_services=True)
 doc_converter = DocumentConverter(
     format_options={
         InputFormat.PDF: PdfFormatOption(pipeline_options=pipeline_options)
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ doc_converter = DocumentConverter(
 )
 ```
 
-When the value `allow_remote_services=True` is not set, the system will raise an exception `OperationNotAllowed()`.
+When the value `enable_remote_services=True` is not set, the system will raise an exception `OperationNotAllowed()`.
 
 _Note: This option is only related to the system sending user data to remote services. Control of pulling data (e.g. model weights) follows the logic described in [Model prefetching and offline usage](#model-prefetching-and-offline-usage)._
 
 ##### List of remote model services
 
-The options in this list require the explicit `allow_remote_services=True` when processing the documents.
+The options in this list require the explicit `enable_remote_services=True` when processing the documents.
 
 - `PictureDescriptionApiOptions`: Using vision models via API calls.