diff --git a/src/Literate.jl b/src/Literate.jl
index 1490f11..866962f 100644
--- a/src/Literate.jl
+++ b/src/Literate.jl
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ function create_configuration(inputfile; user_config, user_kwargs, type=nothing)
     cfg["softscope"] = type === (:nb) ? true : false # on for Jupyter notebooks
     cfg["keep_comments"] = false
     cfg["execute"] = type === :md ? false : true
-    cfg["allow_errors"] = false
+    cfg["continue_on_error"] = false
     cfg["codefence"] = pick_codefence(
         get(user_config, "flavor", cfg["flavor"]),
         get(user_config, "execute", cfg["execute"]),
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ Available options:
   output script. Only applicable for `Literate.script`.
 - `execute` (default: `true` for notebook, `false` for markdown): Whether to execute and
   capture the output. Only applicable for `Literate.notebook` and `Literate.markdown`.
-- `allow_errors` (default: `false`): Whether to capture and display error messages. If
+- `continue_on_error` (default: `false`): Whether to capture and display error messages. If
   `true`, blocks that error will display the error message. If `false`, errors will be
   (re)thrown as is. Ignored when `execute == false`.
 - `codefence` (default: `````"````@example \$(name)" => "````"````` for `DocumenterFlavor()`
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ function markdown(inputfile, outputdir=pwd(); config::AbstractDict=Dict(), kwarg
                                       image_formats=config["image_formats"],
                                       file_prefix="$(config["name"])-$(chunknum)",
                                       softscope=config["softscope"],
-                                      allow_errors=config["allow_errors"],
+                                      continue_on_error=config["continue_on_error"],
                     )
                 end
             end
@@ -644,10 +644,10 @@ end
 function execute_markdown!(io::IO, sb::Module, block::String, outputdir;
                            inputfile::String, fake_source::String,
                            flavor::AbstractFlavor, image_formats::Vector, file_prefix::String,
-                           softscope::Bool, allow_errors::Bool)
+                           softscope::Bool, continue_on_error::Bool)
     # TODO: Deal with explicit display(...) calls
     r, str, _ = execute_block(sb, block; inputfile=inputfile, fake_source=fake_source,
-                              softscope=softscope, allow_errors=allow_errors)
+                              softscope=softscope, continue_on_error=continue_on_error)
     # issue #101: consecutive codefenced blocks need newline
     # issue #144: quadruple backticks allow for triple backticks in the output
     plain_fence = "\n````\n" =>  "\n````"
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ function jupyter_notebook(chunks, config)
                 nb = execute_notebook(nb; inputfile=config["literate_inputfile"],
                                           fake_source=config["literate_outputfile"],
                                           softscope=config["softscope"],
-                                          allow_errors=config["allow_errors"],
+                                          continue_on_error=config["continue_on_error"],
 )
             end
         catch err
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ function jupyter_notebook(chunks, config)
 end
 
 function execute_notebook(nb; inputfile::String, fake_source::String, softscope::Bool,
-                          allow_errors=allow_errors)
+                          continue_on_error=continue_on_error)
     sb = sandbox()
     execution_count = 0
     for cell in nb["cells"]
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ function execute_notebook(nb; inputfile::String, fake_source::String, softscope:
         block = join(cell["source"])
         r, str, display_dicts = execute_block(sb, block; inputfile=inputfile,
                                               fake_source=fake_source, softscope=softscope,
-                                              allow_errors=allow_errors)
+                                              continue_on_error=continue_on_error)
 
         # str should go into stream
         if !isempty(str)
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ end
 
 # Execute a code-block in a module and capture stdout/stderr and the result
 function execute_block(sb::Module, block::String; inputfile::String, fake_source::String,
-                       softscope::Bool, allow_errors::Bool)
+                       softscope::Bool, continue_on_error::Bool)
     @debug """execute_block($sb, block)
     ```
     $(block)
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ function execute_block(sb::Module, block::String; inputfile::String, fake_source
         end
     end
     popdisplay(disp) # IOCapture.capture has a try-catch so should always end up here
-    if c.error && !allow_errors
+    if c.error && !continue_on_error
         error("""
              $(sprint(showerror, c.value))
              when executing the following code block from inputfile `$(Base.contractuser(inputfile))`
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 5e956d0..971501b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ end end
     end # mktempdir
 end end
 
-@testset "allow_errors=true" begin
+@testset "continue_on_error=true" begin
     input_with_error =
         """
         # The following will error
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ end end
     mktempdir(@__DIR__) do sandbox
         inputfile = joinpath(sandbox, "input.jl")
         write(inputfile, input_with_error)
-        Literate.markdown(inputfile, sandbox; allow_errors = true, execute = true)
+        Literate.markdown(inputfile, sandbox; continue_on_error = true, execute = true)
         output_md = read(joinpath(sandbox, "input.md"), String)
         @test occursin("DomainError(-1.0", output_md)
     end