diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Serialization/External/UserInventoryItemSerializer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Serialization/External/UserInventoryItemSerializer.cs
index a0a40af74c..9484330709 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Serialization/External/UserInventoryItemSerializer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Serialization/External/UserInventoryItemSerializer.cs
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Serialization.External
             writer.WriteStartElement("GroupOwned");
             writer.WriteString(inventoryItem.GroupOwned.ToString());
             writer.WriteEndElement();
-            if (options.ContainsKey("creators") && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(inventoryItem.CreatorData))
+            if (!options.ContainsKey("nocreators") && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(inventoryItem.CreatorData))
                 writer.WriteElementString("CreatorData", inventoryItem.CreatorData);
             else if (options.ContainsKey("home"))
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiverModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiverModule.cs
index 237a2e8ea3..bcdb2645b0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiverModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiverModule.cs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
 
                 scene.AddCommand(
                     "Archiving", this, "save iar",
-                    "save iar [-h|--home=<url>] [--noassets | --skipbadassets] <first> <last> <inventory path> <password> [<IAR path>] [-c|--creators] [-e|--exclude=<name/uuid>] [-f|--excludefolder=<foldername/uuid>] [-v|--verbose]",
+                    "save iar [-h|--home=<url>] [--noassets | --skipbadassets] <first> <last> <inventory path> <password> [<IAR path>] [--nocreators] [-e|--exclude=<name/uuid>] [-f|--excludefolder=<foldername/uuid>] [-v|--verbose]",
                     "Save user inventory archive (IAR).",
                     "<first> is the user's first name.\n"
                     + "<last> is the user's last name.\n"
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
                     + "<IAR path> is the filesystem path at which to save the IAR."
                     + string.Format("  If this is not given then the filename {0} in the current directory is used.\n", DEFAULT_INV_BACKUP_FILENAME)
                     + "-h|--home=<url> adds the url of the profile service to the saved user information.\n"
-                    + "-c|--creators preserves information about foreign creators.\n"
+                    + "   --nocreators stops saving information about foreign creators.\n"
                     + "-e|--exclude=<name/uuid> don't save the inventory item in archive" + Environment.NewLine
                     + "-f|--excludefolder=<folder/uuid> don't save contents of the folder in archive" + Environment.NewLine
                     + "-v|--verbose extra debug messages.\n"
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
             //ops.Add("v|version=", delegate(string v) { options["version"] = v; });
             ops.Add("h|home=", delegate(string v) { options["home"] = v; });
             ops.Add("v|verbose", delegate(string v) { options["verbose"] = v; });
-            ops.Add("c|creators", delegate(string v) { options["creators"] = v; });
+            ops.Add("c|creators", delegate(string v) { });
+            ops.Add("nocreators", delegate(string v) { options["nocreators"] = v; });
             ops.Add("noassets", delegate(string v) { options["noassets"] = v != null; });
             ops.Add("skipbadassets", delegate(string v) { options["skipbadassets"] = v != null; });
             ops.Add("e|exclude=", delegate(string v)
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
                 if (mainParams.Count < 6)
                 {
                     m_log.Error(
-                        "[INVENTORY ARCHIVER]: save iar [-h|--home=<url>] [--noassets | --skipbadassets] <first> <last> <inventory path> <password> [<IAR path>] [-c|--creators] [-e|--exclude=<name/uuid>] [-f|--excludefolder=<foldername/uuid>] [-v|--verbose]");
+                        "[INVENTORY ARCHIVER]: save iar [-h|--home=<url>] [--noassets | --skipbadassets] <first> <last> <inventory path> <password> [<IAR path>] [--nocreators] [-e|--exclude=<name/uuid>] [-f|--excludefolder=<foldername/uuid>] [-v|--verbose]");
                     return;
                 }