diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 0aa69fb..2bef03a 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    extraVirtualAliases = mkOption {
+    aliases = mkOption {
       type =
         let
           loginAccount = mkOptionType {
@@ -660,7 +660,6 @@ in
         with types;
         attrsOf (either loginAccount (nonEmptyListOf loginAccount));
       example = {
-        "info@example.com" = "user1@example.com";
         "postmaster@example.com" = "user1@example.com";
         "abuse@example.com" = "user1@example.com";
         "multi@example.com" = [
@@ -669,15 +668,14 @@ in
         ];
       };
       description = ''
-        Virtual Aliases. A virtual alias `"info@example.com" = "user1@example.com"` means that
-        all mail to `info@example.com` is forwarded to `user1@example.com`. Note
-        that it is expected that `postmaster@example.com` and `abuse@example.com` is
-        forwarded to some valid email address. (Alternatively you can create login
-        accounts for `postmaster` and (or) `abuse`). Furthermore, it also allows
-        the user `user1@example.com` to send emails as `info@example.com`.
-        It's also possible to create an alias for multiple accounts. In this
-        example all mails for `multi@example.com` will be forwarded to both
-        `user1@example.com` and `user2@example.com`.
+        Aliases are additional mail addresses routed to one or more existing local accounts.
+
+        The target accounts are allowed to use the alias as the sender address.
+
+        :::{note}
+        This feature is limited to local accounts and does not support LDAP or
+        other external accounts.
+        :::
       '';
       default = { };
     };
@@ -692,7 +690,7 @@ in
         the value `{ "user@example.com" = "user@elsewhere.com"; }`
         means that mails to `user@example.com` are forwarded to
         `user@elsewhere.com`. The difference with the
-        {option}`mailserver.extraVirtualAliases` option is that `user@elsewhere.com`
+        {option}`mailserver.aliases` option is that `user@elsewhere.com`
         can't send mail as `user@example.com`. Also, this option
         allows to forward mails to external addresses.
       '';
@@ -1681,5 +1679,6 @@ in
       [ "mailserver" "ldap" "postfix" "mailAttribute" ]
       [ "mailserver" "ldap" "attributes" "mail" ]
     )
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "mailserver" "extraVirtualAliases" ] [ "mailserver" "aliases" ])
   ];
 }
diff --git a/docs/ldap.rst b/docs/ldap.rst
index d65ccfd..41b61ba 100644
--- a/docs/ldap.rst
+++ b/docs/ldap.rst
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ complicate the setup significantly.
 - Use of ``homeDirectory``, ``uid``, ``gid`` LDAP attributes (we are
   committed to a virtual setup with one vmail user/uid/gid and UUID based home
   directories)
-- Declarative aliases through :option:`mailserver.extraVirtualAliases`. These
-  are limited to local accounts, because Postfix enforces sender ownership based
-  on login identity and does not consult virtual aliases for authorization.
+- Declarative aliases through :option:`mailserver.aliases`. These are limited
+  to local accounts, because Postfix enforces sender ownership based on login
+  identity and does not consult virtual aliases for authorization.
 
 Enabling LDAP support
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/mail-server/postfix.nix b/mail-server/postfix.nix
index 05794ac..70ae68e 100644
--- a/mail-server/postfix.nix
+++ b/mail-server/postfix.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ let
     mergeLookupTables lookupTables;
 
   # extra_valiases_postfix :: Map String [String]
-  extra_valiases_postfix = attrsToLookupTable cfg.extraVirtualAliases;
+  extra_valiases_postfix = attrsToLookupTable cfg.aliases;
 
   # forwards :: Map String [String]
   forwards = attrsToLookupTable cfg.forwards;
diff --git a/tests/external.nix b/tests/external.nix
index fd2c267..a149144 100644
--- a/tests/external.nix
+++ b/tests/external.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
             };
           };
 
-          extraVirtualAliases = {
+          aliases = {
             "single-alias@example.com" = "user1@example.com";
             "multi-alias@example.com" = [
               "user1@example.com"
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
           # if this succeeds, it means that user1 received the mail that was intended for chuck.
           client.fail("fetchmail --nosslcertck -v")
 
-      with subtest("extraVirtualAliases"):
+      with subtest("Test sending from alias address (mailserver.aliases)"):
           client.execute("rm ~/mail/*")
           # send email from single-alias to user1
           client.succeed(
diff --git a/tests/ldap.nix b/tests/ldap.nix
index 7cde1d0..40b1390 100644
--- a/tests/ldap.nix
+++ b/tests/ldap.nix
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ in
           localDnsResolver = false;
           indexDir = "/var/lib/dovecot/indices";
 
-          extraVirtualAliases = {
+          aliases = {
             # Steal frank@example.com from LDAP user frank
             "frank@example.com" = "mallory@example.com";
           };