diff --git a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
index b3a8016..3761113 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
 
   /**
    *
-   * Whether to ignore SSL validation errors and therefore accept invalid certificates.
+   * Whether to ignore SSL validation errors.
    *
    * @var bool
    */
-  protected $accept_invalid_cert;
+  protected $acceptInvalidCert;
 
   /**
    * Constructor.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
   public function getRaw() {
     if (!isset($this->raw)) {
       feeds_include_library('http_request.inc', 'http_request');
-      $result = http_request_get($this->url, NULL, NULL, $this->accept_invalid_cert, $this->timeout);
+      $result = http_request_get($this->url, NULL, NULL, $this->acceptInvalidCert, $this->timeout);
       if (!in_array($result->code, array(200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206))) {
         throw new Exception(t('Download of @url failed with code !code.', array('@url' => $this->url, '!code' => $result->code)));
       }
@@ -66,14 +66,15 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets accept invalid certificates option.
+   * Sets the accept invalid certificates option.
    *
    * @param bool $accept_invalid_cert
    *   Whether to accept invalid certificates.
    */
   public function setAcceptInvalidCert($accept_invalid_cert) {
-    $this->accept_invalid_cert = $accept_invalid_cert;
+    $this->acceptInvalidCert = (bool) $accept_invalid_cert;
   }
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
     $form['advanced']['accept_invalid_cert'] = array(
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Accept invalid SSL certificates'),
-      '#description' => t('<strong>IMPORTANT:</strong> This setting will force curl to completely ignore all SSL errors. This is potentially a <strong>major security risk</strong> and should be used with caution.'),
+      '#description' => t('<strong>IMPORTANT:</strong> This setting will force cURL to completely ignore all SSL errors. This is a <strong>major security risk</strong> and should only be used during development.'),
       '#default_value' => $this->config['accept_invalid_cert'],
     );