diff --git a/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml
index 2e2b4770..82b36bf6 100755
--- a/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo/templates/workflow-controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ spec:
               fieldRef:
                 apiVersion: v1
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          {{- with .Values.controller.env }}
+          {{- with .Values.controller.extraEnv }}
             {{ toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
           {{- end }}
           resources:
diff --git a/charts/argo/values.yaml b/charts/argo/values.yaml
index c00cd209..cd7d7603 100644
--- a/charts/argo/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo/values.yaml
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ controller:
   # service type `LoadBalancer`
   loadBalancerSourceRanges: []
   resources: {}
-  env: []
+  # The list of environment variable definitions to be added to the controller
+  # manages container verbatim.
+  extraEnv: []
   replicas: 1
   pdb:
     enabled: false