diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/transformPoints/transformPoints.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/transformPoints/transformPoints.C
index 0022525ad45819e137ed86a2a8fe8576b3f691d4..e27e9b001547a1ab2705aae9ea0866256fb11c31 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/transformPoints/transformPoints.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/transformPoints/transformPoints.C
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ Usage
     -rotate-z angle
         Rotate (degrees) about z-axis.
 
-     or -yawPitchRoll (yawdegrees pitchdegrees rolldegrees)
-     or -rollPitchYaw (rolldegrees pitchdegrees yawdegrees)
+     or -yawPitchRoll : (yaw pitch roll) degrees
+     or -rollPitchYaw : (roll pitch yaw) degrees
 
     -scale scalar|vector
         Scale the points by the given scalar or vector on output.
@@ -268,15 +268,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     );
     argList::addBoolOption
     (
-        "auto-origin",
-        "Use bounding box centre as origin for rotations"
+        "auto-centre",
+        "Use bounding box centre as centre for rotations"
     );
     argList::addOption
     (
-        "origin",
+        "centre",
         "point",
-        "Use specified <point> as origin for rotations"
+        "Use specified <point> as centre for rotations"
     );
+    argList::addOptionCompat("auto-centre", {"auto-origin", 2206});
+    argList::addOptionCompat("centre", {"origin", 2206});
+
     argList::addOption
     (
         "rotate",
@@ -437,18 +440,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             points += v;
         }
 
-        vector origin;
-        bool useOrigin = args.readIfPresent("origin", origin);
-        if (args.found("auto-origin") && !useOrigin)
+        vector rotationCentre;
+        bool useRotationCentre = args.readIfPresent("centre", rotationCentre);
+        if (args.found("auto-centre") && !useRotationCentre)
         {
-            useOrigin = true;
-            origin = boundBox(points).centre();
+            useRotationCentre = true;
+            rotationCentre = boundBox(points).centre();
         }
 
-        if (useOrigin)
+        if (useRotationCentre)
         {
-            Info<< "Set origin for rotations to " << origin << endl;
-            points -= origin;
+            Info<< "Set centre of rotation to " << rotationCentre << endl;
+            points -= rotationCentre;
         }
 
 
@@ -545,15 +548,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             }
         }
 
-        // Output scaling
-        applyScaling(points, getScalingOpt("scale", args));
-
-        if (useOrigin)
+        if (useRotationCentre)
         {
-            Info<< "Unset origin for rotations from " << origin << endl;
-            points += origin;
+            Info<< "Unset centre of rotation from " << rotationCentre << endl;
+            points += rotationCentre;
         }
 
+        // Output scaling
+        applyScaling(points, getScalingOpt("scale", args));
+
 
         // Set the precision of the points data to 10
         IOstream::defaultPrecision(max(10u, IOstream::defaultPrecision()));
diff --git a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceTransformPoints/surfaceTransformPoints.C b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceTransformPoints/surfaceTransformPoints.C
index dcee32d3d417b637ff298b19155428253505743d..4db518c5bfee3c4fe1e71abd9c630ac2d0b67836 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceTransformPoints/surfaceTransformPoints.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceTransformPoints/surfaceTransformPoints.C
@@ -188,15 +188,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     );
     argList::addBoolOption
     (
-        "auto-origin",
-        "Use bounding box centre as origin for rotations"
+        "auto-centre",
+        "Use bounding box centre as centre for rotations"
     );
     argList::addOption
     (
-        "origin",
+        "centre",
         "point",
-        "Use specified <point> as origin for rotations"
+        "Use specified <point> as centre for rotations"
     );
+    argList::addOptionCompat("auto-centre", {"auto-origin", 2206});
+    argList::addOptionCompat("centre", {"origin", 2206});
+
     argList::addOption
     (
         "rotate",
@@ -352,18 +355,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         points += v;
     }
 
-    vector origin;
-    bool useOrigin = args.readIfPresent("origin", origin);
-    if (args.found("auto-origin") && !useOrigin)
+    vector rotationCentre;
+    bool useRotationCentre = args.readIfPresent("centre", rotationCentre);
+    if (args.found("auto-centre") && !useRotationCentre)
     {
-        useOrigin = true;
-        origin = boundBox(points).centre();
+        useRotationCentre = true;
+        rotationCentre = boundBox(points).centre();
     }
 
-    if (useOrigin)
+    if (useRotationCentre)
     {
-        Info<< "Set origin for rotations to " << origin << endl;
-        points -= origin;
+        Info<< "Set centre of rotation to " << rotationCentre << endl;
+        points -= rotationCentre;
     }
 
 
@@ -455,15 +458,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         transform(points, rot, points);
     }
 
-    // Output scaling
-    applyScaling(points, getScalingOpt("write-scale", args));
-
-    if (useOrigin)
+    if (useRotationCentre)
     {
-        Info<< "Unset origin for rotations from " << origin << endl;
-        points += origin;
+        Info<< "Unset centre of rotation from " << rotationCentre << endl;
+        points += rotationCentre;
     }
 
+    // Output scaling
+    applyScaling(points, getScalingOpt("write-scale", args));
+
     surf1.movePoints(points);
     surf1.write(exportName, writeFileType);