diff --git a/account.go b/account.go
index 25f1e0d..5fb87f0 100644
--- a/account.go
+++ b/account.go
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ func viewSettings(app *App, u *User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) err
 		Email:     fullUser.EmailClear(app.keys),
 		HasPass:   passIsSet,
 		IsLogOut:  r.FormValue("logout") == "1",
-		Suspended: fullUser.IsSuspended(),
+		Suspended: fullUser.IsSilenced(),
 	}
 
 	showUserPage(w, "settings", obj)
diff --git a/admin.go b/admin.go
index 2e5b8a5..e624bfb 100644
--- a/admin.go
+++ b/admin.go
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ func handleAdminToggleUserStatus(app *App, u *User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 		log.Error("failed to get user: %v", err)
 		return impart.HTTPError{http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Sprintf("Could not get user from username: %v", err)}
 	}
-	if user.IsSuspended() {
+	if user.IsSilenced() {
 		err = app.db.SetUserStatus(user.ID, UserActive)
 	} else {
-		err = app.db.SetUserStatus(user.ID, UserSuspended)
+		err = app.db.SetUserStatus(user.ID, UserSilenced)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("toggle user suspended: %v", err)
diff --git a/collections.go b/collections.go
index fe9d89f..3e86f30 100644
--- a/collections.go
+++ b/collections.go
@@ -906,10 +906,10 @@ func handleViewCollectionTag(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) e
 			log.Error("Error getting user for collection: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	if !isOwner && u.IsSuspended() {
+	if !isOwner && u.IsSilenced() {
 		return ErrCollectionNotFound
 	}
-	displayPage.Suspended = u.IsSuspended()
+	displayPage.Suspended = u.IsSilenced()
 	displayPage.Owner = owner
 	coll.Owner = displayPage.Owner
 	// Add more data
diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index 4b4f4dc..d78d888 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (db *datastore) IsUserSuspended(id int64) (bool, error) {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("is user suspended: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	return u.IsSuspended(), nil
+	return u.IsSilenced(), nil
 }
 
 // DoesUserNeedAuth returns true if the user hasn't provided any methods for
diff --git a/invites.go b/invites.go
index 5f04c69..1dba7bd 100644
--- a/invites.go
+++ b/invites.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func handleCreateUserInvite(app *App, u *User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	muVal := r.FormValue("uses")
 	expVal := r.FormValue("expires")
 
-	if u.IsSuspended() {
+	if u.IsSilenced() {
 		return ErrUserSuspended
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/user/admin/view-user.tmpl b/templates/user/admin/view-user.tmpl
index dc7b2ef..be50b12 100644
--- a/templates/user/admin/view-user.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/admin/view-user.tmpl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ td.active-suspend > input[type="submit"] {
 				<a id="status"/>
 				<th>Status</th>
 				<td class="active-suspend">
-				{{if .User.IsSuspended}}
+				{{if .User.IsSilenced}}
 					<p>Silenced</p>
 					<input type="submit" value="Unsilence"/>
 				{{else}}
diff --git a/users.go b/users.go
index 5eb2e61..9b5c99c 100644
--- a/users.go
+++ b/users.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type UserStatus int
 
 const (
 	UserActive = iota
-	UserSuspended
+	UserSilenced
 )
 
 type (
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ func (u *User) IsAdmin() bool {
 	return u.ID == 1
 }
 
-func (u *User) IsSuspended() bool {
-	return u.Status&UserSuspended != 0
+func (u *User) IsSilenced() bool {
+	return u.Status&UserSilenced != 0
 }