diff --git a/frappe/commands/site.py b/frappe/commands/site.py
index 88e90af4dc..54773d6e50 100755
--- a/frappe/commands/site.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/site.py
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ def disable_user(context, email):
 @click.command('migrate')
 @click.option('--rebuild-website', help="Rebuild webpages after migration")
 @click.option('--skip-failing', is_flag=True, help="Skip patches that fail to run")
-@click.option('--skip-search-index', is_flag=True, help="Skip patches that fail to run")
+@click.option('--index-site', is_flag=True, help="Index public web pages")
 @pass_context
-def migrate(context, rebuild_website=False, skip_failing=False, skip_search_index=False):
+def migrate(context, rebuild_website=False, skip_failing=False, index_site=False):
 	"Run patches, sync schema and rebuild files/translations"
 	from frappe.migrate import migrate
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def migrate(context, rebuild_website=False, skip_failing=False, skip_search_inde
 				context.verbose,
 				rebuild_website=rebuild_website,
 				skip_failing=skip_failing,
-				skip_search_index=skip_search_index
+				index_site=index_site
 			)
 		finally:
 			frappe.destroy()
diff --git a/frappe/migrate.py b/frappe/migrate.py
index 51840e2506..63a87a769d 100644
--- a/frappe/migrate.py
+++ b/frappe/migrate.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from frappe.core.doctype.scheduled_job_type.scheduled_job_type import sync_jobs
 from frappe.search.website_search import build_index_for_all_routes
 
 
-def migrate(verbose=True, rebuild_website=False, skip_failing=False, skip_search_index=False):
+def migrate(verbose=True, rebuild_website=False, skip_failing=False, index_site=False):
 	'''Migrate all apps to the latest version, will:
 	- run before migrate hooks
 	- run patches
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ Otherwise, check the server logs and ensure that all the required services are r
 				frappe.get_attr(fn)()
 
 		# add static pages to global search
-		if not skip_search_index:
+		if index_site:
 			# Run this last as it updates the current session
-			full_text_search.build_index_for_all_routes()
+			build_index_for_all_routes()
 
 		frappe.db.commit()