diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 72116b50ad..1949282fba 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -1385,17 +1385,17 @@ Signature *SigInit(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *sigstr) {
     }
 
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_AMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_HCBDMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_HHDMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_HRHDMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
 
     SCLogDebug("sig %"PRIu32" SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER: %s, SIG_FLAG_PACKET: %s",
         sig->id, sig->flags & SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER ? "set" : "not set",
@@ -1583,17 +1583,17 @@ Signature *SigInitReal(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *sigstr) {
     }
 
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_AMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_HCBDMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_HHDMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
     if (sig->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_HRHDMATCH])
-        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
+        sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH;
 
     SigBuildAddressMatchArray(sig);
 
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 650ad263d8..8729d03811 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static void SigMatchSignaturesBuildMatchArray(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
 
         /* de_state check, filter out all signatures that already had a match before
          * or just partially match */
-        if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_AMATCH) {
+        if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH) {
             /* we run after DeStateDetectContinueDetection, so we might have
              * state NEW here. In that case we'd want to continue detection
              * for this sig. If we have NOSTATE, stateful detection didn't
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ int SigMatchSignatures(ThreadVars *th_v, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineTh
                 s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_AMATCH], s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH], s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH]);
 
         /* consider stateful sig matches */
-        if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_AMATCH) {
+        if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH) {
             if (alstate == NULL) {
                 SCLogDebug("state matches but no state, we can't match");
                 goto next;
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index a0bcf27186..fb45ece324 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ typedef struct DetectPort_ {
 #define SIG_FLAG_PACKET         0x00020000  /**< signature has matches against a packet (as opposed to app layer) */
 
 // 0x00040000 unused
-#define SIG_FLAG_AMATCH         0x00080000
+#define SIG_FLAG_STATE_MATCH    0x00080000  /**< signature has matches that require stateful inspection */
 // 0x00100000 unused
 // 0x00200000 unused
 // 0x00400000 unused