diff --git a/autotests/knewstuffentrytest.cpp b/autotests/knewstuffentrytest.cpp
--- a/autotests/knewstuffentrytest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/knewstuffentrytest.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 "<previewBig>https://testpreview</previewBig>"
 "<payload>http://testpayload</payload>"
 "<status>" "<!--randomcomment-->" "installed" "<!--randomcomment-->" "</status>"
-"<tags>ghns_exclude=1</tags>"
+"<tags>ghns_excluded=1</tags>"
 "</stuff>";
 
 const QString name = QStringLiteral("Name");
diff --git a/src/core/engine.h b/src/core/engine.h
--- a/src/core/engine.h
+++ b/src/core/engine.h
@@ -187,13 +187,19 @@
      * setDownloadTagFilter(QStringList).
      *
      * @note The default filter if one is not set from your knsrc file will filter
-     * out entries marked as ghns_exclude=1. To retain this when setting a custom
-     * filter, add "ghns_exclude!=1" as one of the filters.
+     * out entries marked as ghns_excluded=1. To retain this when setting a custom
+     * filter, add "ghns_excluded!=1" as one of the filters.
      *
      * @note Some tags provided by OCS do not supply a value (and are simply passed
      * as a key). These will be interpreted as having the value 1 for filtering
-     * purposes. An example of this might be ghns_exclude, which in reality will
-     * generally be passed through ocs as "ghns_exclude" rather than "ghns_exclude=1"
+     * purposes. An example of this might be ghns_excluded, which in reality will
+     * generally be passed through ocs as "ghns_excluded" rather than "ghns_excluded=1"
+     *
+     * @note As tags are metadata, they are provided in the form of adjectives. They
+     * are never supplied as action verbs or instructions (as an example, a good tag
+     * to suggest that for example a wallpaper is painted would be "painted" as opposed
+     * to "paint", and another example might be that an item should be "excluded" as
+     * opposed to "exclude").
      *
      * == Examples of use ==
      * Value for tag "tagname" must be exactly "tagdata":
@@ -206,7 +212,7 @@
      * A tag filter line in a .knsrc file, which is a comma semarated list of
      * tag/value pairs, might look like:
      *
-     * TagFilter=ghns_exclude!=1,data##mimetype==application/cbr+zip,data##mimetype==application/cbr+rar
+     * TagFilter=ghns_excluded!=1,data##mimetype==application/cbr+zip,data##mimetype==application/cbr+rar
      * which would honour the exclusion and filter out anything that does not
      * include a comic book archive in either zip or rar format in one or more
      * of the download items.
@@ -249,7 +255,7 @@
      *
      * For an entry to be accepted when a download tag filter is set, it must also
      * be accepted by the entry filter (so, for example, while a list of downloads
-     * might be accepted, if the entry has ghns_exclude set, and the default entry
+     * might be accepted, if the entry has ghns_excluded set, and the default entry
      * filter is set, the entry will still be filtered out).
      *
      * In your knsrc file, set DownloadTagFilter to the filter you wish to apply,
diff --git a/src/core/engine.cpp b/src/core/engine.cpp
--- a/src/core/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/core/engine.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
     d->tagFilter = group.readEntry("TagFilter", QStringList());
     if (d->tagFilter.isEmpty()) {
-        d->tagFilter.append(QStringLiteral("ghns_exclude!=1"));
+        d->tagFilter.append(QStringLiteral("ghns_excluded!=1"));
     }
     d->downloadTagFilter = group.readEntry("DownloadTagFilter", QStringList());
 
diff --git a/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.h b/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.h
--- a/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.h
+++ b/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.h
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
  * A tag filter list is a string list of filters as shown above, and a combination
  * of which might look like:
  *
- * - ghns_exclude!=1
+ * - ghns_excluded!=1
  * - data##mimetype==application/cbr+zip
  * - data##mimetype==application/cbr+rar
  * 
- * which would filter out anything which has ghns_exclude set to 1, and
+ * which would filter out anything which has ghns_excluded set to 1, and
  * anything where the value of data##mimetype does not equal either
  * "application/cbr+zip" or "application/cbr+rar".
  * Notice in particular the two data##mimetype entries. Use this
diff --git a/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.cpp b/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.cpp
--- a/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tagsfilterchecker.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
         {
             bool result = true;
             if (tag == m_tag && !m_acceptedValues.contains(value)) {
+                qCDebug(KNEWSTUFFCORE) << "Item excluded by filter on" << m_tag << "because" << value << "was not included in" << m_acceptedValues;
                 result = false;
             }
             return result;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
         {
             bool result = true;
             if (tag == m_tag && m_acceptedValues.contains(value)) {
+                qCDebug(KNEWSTUFFCORE) << "Item excluded by filter on" << m_tag << "because" << value << "was included in" << m_acceptedValues;
                 result = false;
             }
             return result;
diff --git a/tests/testdata/entry.xml b/tests/testdata/entry.xml
--- a/tests/testdata/entry.xml
+++ b/tests/testdata/entry.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <payload lang="en">http://some.http.server/coolstuff.tar.gz</payload>
         <rating>10</rating>
         <downloads>0</downloads>
-        <tags>ghns_exclude=1</tags>
+        <tags>ghns_excluded=1</tags>
     </stuff>
     <stuff category="app/media">
         <name lang="en">Entry 2 (ghns included)</name>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <payload lang="en">http://some.http.server/coolstuff.tar.gz</payload>
         <rating>10</rating>
         <downloads>0</downloads>
-        <tags>ghns_exclude=1</tags>
+        <tags>ghns_excluded=1</tags>
     </stuff>
     <stuff category="app/media">
         <name lang="en">Entry 4 (ghns included)</name>