diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_backups_index_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_backups_index_controller.js
index 119a375aa61..706bb857c23 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_backups_index_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_backups_index_controller.js
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ Discourse.AdminBackupsIndexController = Ember.ArrayController.extend({
   restoreDisabled: Em.computed.not("restoreEnabled"),
 
   restoreEnabled: function() {
-    return Discourse.SiteSettings.allow_import && !this.get("status.isOperationRunning");
+    return Discourse.SiteSettings.allow_restore && !this.get("status.isOperationRunning");
   }.property("status.isOperationRunning"),
 
   restoreTitle: function() {
-    if (!Discourse.SiteSettings.allow_import) {
+    if (!Discourse.SiteSettings.allow_restore) {
       return I18n.t("admin.backups.operations.restore.is_disabled");
     } else if (this.get("status.isOperationRunning")) {
       return I18n.t("admin.backups.operation_already_running");
diff --git a/config/locales/server.cs.yml b/config/locales/server.cs.yml
index 762b9fa4477..985bee482f4 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.cs.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.cs.yml
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ cs:
     github_client_id: "'Client id' pro přihlašování přes Github, registrace na https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "'Client secret' pro přihlašování přes Github, registrace na https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Povolit import, kterým lze přepsat VŠECHNA data na tomto webu; nechte nastaveno na 'false', pokud neplánujete dělat importy dat"
+    allow_restore: "Povolit import, kterým lze přepsat VŠECHNA data na tomto webu; nechte nastaveno na 'false', pokud neplánujete dělat importy dat"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "Jak často aktualizujeme informaci o poslední návštěvě uživatelů, v sekundách"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Kolik času musí uplynout v hodinách, než je návštěva uživatele považována za uplynulou"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.da.yml b/config/locales/server.da.yml
index 443deba3525..033370bf1e2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.da.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.da.yml
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ da:
     github_client_id: "Client id til Github-login, oprettes på https://github.com/settings/applications."
     github_client_secret: "Client secret til Github-login, oprettes på at https://github.com/settings/applications."
 
-    allow_import: "Tillad import, som kan erstatte ALLE sitets data; slå fra med mindre du planlægger at importere data"
+    allow_restore: "Tillad import, som kan erstatte ALLE sitets data; slå fra med mindre du planlægger at importere data"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "Hvor ofte vi opdaterer feltet 'last_seen_at', i sekunder."
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Hvor lang tid et besøg varer før vi regner det med i det 'forrige' besøg, i timer."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.de.yml b/config/locales/server.de.yml
index c2e26b235d2..fb3cb073d89 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.de.yml
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ de:
     github_client_id: "Client-ID für Github Authentisierung, registriert auf https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client Secret für Github Authentisierung, registriert auf https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Erlaube Datenimports. (WARNUNG: Hiermit können ALLE vorhandenen Daten überschrieben werden; immer auf 'false' lassen, es sei denn Du planst wirklich Datenimports)."
+    allow_restore: "Erlaube Datenimports. (WARNUNG: Hiermit können ALLE vorhandenen Daten überschrieben werden; immer auf 'false' lassen, es sei denn Du planst wirklich Datenimports)."
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "Sekunden, nach denen das 'last_seen_at'-Feld aktualisiert wird."
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Stunden, die ein Besuch dauert bevor er als 'früherer' Besuch gezählt wird."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index fab6e5ef611..6d5b3784233 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ en:
     github_client_id: "Client id for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Allow import, which can replace ALL site data; leave false unless you plan to do data imports"
+    allow_restore: "Allow restore, which can replace ALL site data! Leave false unless you plan to do restore a backup"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "How frequently we update the 'last_seen_at' field, in seconds"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "How long a visit lasts before we consider it the 'previous' visit, in hours"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.es.yml b/config/locales/server.es.yml
index b05ef137658..0a6fad9dce9 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.es.yml
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ es:
     github_client_id: "Client id para la autenticación por Github, registrado en https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret para la autenticación por Github, registrado en https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Permitir importación, la cual puede reemplazar TODOS los datos del sitio, déjalo a false hasta que planees ahcer importaciones de datos"
+    allow_restore: "Permitir importación, la cual puede reemplazar TODOS los datos del sitio, déjalo a false hasta que planees ahcer importaciones de datos"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "Como de frecuentemente actualizaremos el campo 'last_seen_at', en segundos"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Cuanto tiempo debe pasar antes de que una visita sea considerada la 'visita previa', en horas"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.fr.yml b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
index 5310b09b390..71be63bd0ae 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ fr:
     enable_github_logins: "Active l'authentification GitHub, nécessite github_client_id et github_client_secret"
     github_client_id: "id client pour l'authentification Github, enregistré sur https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "secret client  pour l'authentification Github, enregistré sur https://github.com/settings/applications"
-    allow_import: "Autoriser l'importation qui remplacera TOUTES les données du site. Laisser non coché, sauf si vous prévoyez d'importer des données."
+    allow_restore: "Autoriser la restauration qui remplacera TOUTES les données du site. Laisser non coché, sauf si vous prévoyez de restaurer un backup."
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "A quelle fréquence mettre à jour le champ 'dernier_vu_a', en secondes."
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Combien de temps dure une visite avant de la considérer comme la visite 'précédente', en heures."
     rate_limit_create_topic: "Après la création d'une discussion, les utilisateurs doivent attendre ce nombre de secondes avant de pouvoir créer une nouvelle discussion"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.id.yml b/config/locales/server.id.yml
index 7fc3a0ab248..afead253a53 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.id.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.id.yml
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ id:
     github_client_id: "Client id for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Allow import, which can replace ALL site data; leave false unless you plan to do data imports"
+    allow_restore: "Allow import, which can replace ALL site data; leave false unless you plan to do data imports"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "How frequently we update the 'last_seen_at' field, in seconds"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "How long a visit lasts before we consider it the 'previous' visit, in hours"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.it.yml b/config/locales/server.it.yml
index cb70e412a50..6cff97a1f04 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.it.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.it.yml
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ it:
     github_client_id: "Client id per autenticazione Github, ottenibile da https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret per autenticazione Github, ottenibile da https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Abilita l'importazione, che può sostituire TUTTI i dati presenti nel sito; non modificare se non hai intenzione di importare dati"
+    allow_restore: "Abilita l'importazione, che può sostituire TUTTI i dati presenti nel sito; non modificare se non hai intenzione di importare dati"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "Quanto frequentemente viene aggiornato il campo 'last_seen_at' field, in secondi"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Durata di una visita prima che venga considerata la visita 'precedente', in ore"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.ja.yml b/config/locales/server.ja.yml
index 062d888bbdc..0d344801f1a 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.ja.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.ja.yml
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ ja:
     github_client_id: "Github 認証用の client id。https://github.com/settings/applications で入手可能"
     github_client_secret: "Github 認証用の client secret。https://github.com/settings/applications で入手可能"
 
-    allow_import: "インポートを有効にする。サイトの全データの上書きが可能になるため、データのインポートを予定していない場合は false にすることを推奨"
+    allow_restore: "インポートを有効にする。サイトの全データの上書きが可能になるため、データのインポートを予定していない場合は false にすることを推奨"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "'last_seen_at' フィールドを更新する頻度 (秒)"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "'previous' visit とみなす時間 (時間)"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.ko.yml b/config/locales/server.ko.yml
index f2f3bc445dd..041bb8a12d6 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.ko.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.ko.yml
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ ko:
     github_client_id: "Client id for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Allow import, which can replace ALL site data; leave false unless you plan to do data imports"
+    allow_restore: "Allow import, which can replace ALL site data; leave false unless you plan to do data imports"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "How frequently we update the 'last_seen_at' field, in seconds"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "How long a visit lasts before we consider it the 'previous' visit, in hours"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.nl.yml b/config/locales/server.nl.yml
index 66c99332f05..583937394ac 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.nl.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.nl.yml
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ nl:
     github_client_id: "github_client_id (registreer op https://github.com/settings/applications)"
     github_client_secret: "github_client_secret (registreer op https://github.com/settings/applications)"
 
-    allow_import: "Sta import toe, die ALLE site-data vervangt. Zet op 'false' tenzij je imports gaat doen."
+    allow_restore: "Sta import toe, die ALLE site-data vervangt. Zet op 'false' tenzij je imports gaat doen."
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "Hoe vaak we het 'last_seen_at'-veld updaten, in seconden."
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Hoe lang een bezoek duurt voordat we het als het 'vorige' bezoek beschouwen, in uren."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml b/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml
index 3a665f2931d..4749e04ed0e 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ pseudo:
       ]]'
     github_client_secret: '[[ Čłíéɳť šéčřéť ƒóř Ǧíťĥůƀ áůťĥéɳťíčáťíóɳ, řéǧíšťéřéď
       áť ĥťťƿš://ǧíťĥůƀ.čóɱ/šéťťíɳǧš/áƿƿłíčáťíóɳš ]]'
-    allow_import: '[[ Áłłóŵ íɱƿóřť, ŵĥíčĥ čáɳ řéƿłáčé ÁŁŁ šíťé ďáťá; łéáνé ƒáłšé ůɳłéšš
+    allow_restore: '[[ Áłłóŵ íɱƿóřť, ŵĥíčĥ čáɳ řéƿłáčé ÁŁŁ šíťé ďáťá; łéáνé ƒáłšé ůɳłéšš
       ýóů ƿłáɳ ťó ďó ďáťá íɱƿóřťš ]]'
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: '[[ Ĥóŵ ƒřéƣůéɳťłý ŵé ůƿďáťé ťĥé ''łášť_šééɳ_áť''
       ƒíéłď, íɳ šéčóɳďš ]]'
diff --git a/config/locales/server.pt.yml b/config/locales/server.pt.yml
index f366d52603a..a86a1c828b4 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.pt.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.pt.yml
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ pt:
     facebook_app_id: "app id, registered at https://developers.facebook.com/apps (used for facebook auth)"
     facebook_app_secret: "app secret, registered at https://developers.facebook.com/apps (used for facebook auth)"
 
-    allow_import: "Allow import, which will replace ALL site data. Set to false unless you plan to do imports."
+    allow_restore: "Allow import, which will replace ALL site data. Set to false unless you plan to do imports."
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "How frequently we update the 'last_seen_at' field, in seconds."
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "How long a visit lasts before we consider it the 'previous' visit, in hours."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml b/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml
index 29acd6d01d2..b14a9824120 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ pt_BR:
     github_client_id: "Client id para autenticação via Github, registrado em https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret para autenticação via Github, registrado em https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Permitir importar, vai substituir TODOS os dados do site. Deixe como falso a menos que você pretenda fazer importações."
+    allow_restore: "Permitir importar, vai substituir TODOS os dados do site. Deixe como falso a menos que você pretenda fazer importações."
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "Qual a frequencia de atualização do campo 'última vez visto em', em segundos."
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "Quanto tempo uma visita dura antes de considerarmos como 'última visita', em horas."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.ru.yml b/config/locales/server.ru.yml
index d4c27e69ee7..a69466bfc30 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.ru.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.ru.yml
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ ru:
     enable_github_logins: 'Разрешить идентификацию с Github, требует github_client_id и github_client_secret'
     github_client_id: 'Клиентский id для идентификации с Github, зарегистрированный на https://github.com/settings/applications'
     github_client_secret: 'Клиентский секрет для идентификации с Github, зарегистрированный на https://github.com/settings/applications'
-    allow_import: 'Позволить импорт, который может заменить ВСЕ данные сайта. Оставьте false, если не планируете импортировать данные'
+    allow_restore: 'Позволить импорт, который может заменить ВСЕ данные сайта. Оставьте false, если не планируете импортировать данные'
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: 'Как часто мы обновляем поле ''last_seen_at'', в секундах'
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: 'Как долго должно длиться посещение сайта, чтобы мы посчитали его «предыдущим посещением», в часах'
     rate_limit_create_topic: 'После создания темы пользователи должны выждать указанное количество секунд перед созданием новой темы'
diff --git a/config/locales/server.sv.yml b/config/locales/server.sv.yml
index a6318cfafad..618b1102c07 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.sv.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.sv.yml
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ sv:
     github_client_id: "Client id for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
-    allow_import: "Allow import, which can replace ALL site data; leave false unless you plan to do data imports"
+    allow_restore: "Allow import, which can replace ALL site data; leave false unless you plan to do data imports"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "How frequently we update the 'last_seen_at' field, in seconds"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "How long a visit lasts before we consider it the 'previous' visit, in hours"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
index a2f70efbc4e..d4047d1afd9 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ zh_CN:
     github_client_id: "Github 帐号验证的客户端帐号（Client id），到 https://github.com/settings/applications 来注册获取"
     github_client_secret: "Github 帐号验证的客户端密码（Client secret），到 https://github.com/settings/applications 来注册获取"
 
-    allow_import: "允许导入数据，这将替换全站数据。除非你计划导入数据，否则请保持设置为false"
+    allow_restore: "允许导入数据，这将替换全站数据。除非你计划导入数据，否则请保持设置为false"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "更新“最后一次见到”数据的频率，单位为秒"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "系统判断一次访问之后多少小时后为“上一次”访问"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml b/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
index 3255429160e..6a9876d75da 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ zh_TW:
     github_client_id: "Github 帳號驗證的用戶端帳號（Client id），到 https://github.com/settings/applications 來註冊獲取"
     github_client_secret: "Github 帳號驗證的用戶端密碼（Client secret），到 https://github.com/settings/applications 來註冊獲取"
 
-    allow_import: "允許導入資料，這將替換全站資料。除非你計畫導入資料，否則請保持設置為false"
+    allow_restore: "允許導入資料，這將替換全站資料。除非你計畫導入資料，否則請保持設置為false"
 
     active_user_rate_limit_secs: "更新“最後一次見到”資料的頻率，單位為秒"
     previous_visit_timeout_hours: "系統判斷一次瀏覽之後多少小時後為“上一次”瀏覽"
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index dd8e54f7af3..5f1579fce50 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ uncategorized:
   summary_likes_required: 1
   summary_percent_filter: 20
   send_welcome_message: true
-  allow_import:
+  allow_restore:
     client: true
     default: false
   educate_until_posts:
diff --git a/lib/import/importer.rb b/lib/import/importer.rb
index 197a3afd2b5..d7689508a13 100644
--- a/lib/import/importer.rb
+++ b/lib/import/importer.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module Import
     protected
 
     def ensure_import_is_enabled
-      raise Import::ImportDisabledError unless SiteSetting.allow_import?
+      raise Import::ImportDisabledError unless SiteSetting.allow_restore?
     end
 
     def ensure_no_operation_is_running
diff --git a/lib/tasks/export.rake b/lib/tasks/export.rake
index f0d7a079fa9..09c52f445d7 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/export.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/export.rake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ task 'import', [:input_filename] => :environment do |t, args|
     puts '', 'The filename argument was missing.', '', 'Usage:', ''
     puts '  rake import[/path/to/export.json.gz]', ''
   rescue Import::ImportDisabledError
-    puts '', 'Imports are not allowed.', 'An admin needs to set allow_import to true in the site settings before imports can be run.', ''
+    puts '', 'Imports are not allowed.', 'An admin needs to set allow_restore to true in the site settings before imports can be run.', ''
     puts 'Import cancelled.', ''
   end
 end
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ end
 
 desc 'Allow imports'
 task 'import:enable' => :environment do |t|
-  SiteSetting.allow_import = true
+  SiteSetting.allow_restore = true
   puts 'Imports are now permitted.  Disable them with rake import:disable'
 end
 
 desc 'Forbid imports'
 task 'import:disable' => :environment do |t|
-  SiteSetting.allow_import = false
+  SiteSetting.allow_restore = false
   puts 'Imports are now forbidden.'
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/script/discourse b/script/discourse
index 619232e1012..30177ce0e4f 100755
--- a/script/discourse
+++ b/script/discourse
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ WHERE table_schema='public' and (data_type like 'char%' or data_type like 'text%
       puts '', 'The filename argument was missing.', ''
       usage
     rescue Import::ImportDisabledError
-      puts '', 'Imports are not allowed.', 'An admin needs to set allow_import to true in the site settings before imports can be run.', ''
+      puts '', 'Imports are not allowed.', 'An admin needs to set allow_restore to true in the site settings before imports can be run.', ''
       puts 'Import cancelled.', ''
     end
   end