diff --git a/site-lisp/ox-my-html/ox-my-html.el b/site-lisp/ox-my-html/ox-my-html.el
index 95e4d64..d87fd41 100644
--- a/site-lisp/ox-my-html/ox-my-html.el
+++ b/site-lisp/ox-my-html/ox-my-html.el
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
               (if a (org-my-html-export-to-html t s v b)
                 (org-open-file (org-my-html-export-to-html nil s v b)))))))
   :options-alist
-  '((:my-html-embed-svg "HTML_EMBED_SVG" nil nil t))
+  '((:with-html-svg-embedding "HTML_EMBED_SVG" ;; groks nil as "nil" in Org file!
+                              "html-embed-svg" org-html-embed-svg))
   :translate-alist
   '((link . org-my-html-link)))
 
@@ -61,9 +62,13 @@
 
 ;;;; Links :: Embed SVG
 
-(defcustom org-my-html-embed-svg t
+(defcustom org-html-embed-svg nil
   "Non-nil means embed SVG images into exported my-HTML pages,
-otherwise link to SVG images from exported my-HTML pages."
+otherwise link to SVG images from exported my-HTML pages.  Use
+#+OPTIONS: html-embed-svg:t
+or
+#+OPTIONS: html-embed-svg:nil
+to enable or disable SVG embedding in Org files."
   :group 'org-export-html
   :version "30.0"
   :type 'boolean)
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ contrary to `org-html-link' which can only link such images."
      ;; Link type is handled by a special function.
      ((org-export-custom-protocol-maybe link desc 'html info))
      ;; Embed SVG.
-     ((and (plist-get info :my-html-embed-svg)
+     ((and (plist-get info :with-html-svg-embedding)
            (org--my-html-embed-svg-p link))
       (org--my-html-svg-contents path))
      ;; Image file.