diff --git a/man/waybar-mpris.5.scd b/man/waybar-mpris.5.scd
index eaa1ec96..ad5c1df5 100644
--- a/man/waybar-mpris.5.scd
+++ b/man/waybar-mpris.5.scd
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ The *mpris* module displays currently playing media via libplayerctl.
 	declaration of the first among the two tags. Absence in this list means ++
 	force exclusion.
 
-*dynamic-priority*: ++
+*dynamic-importance-order*: ++
 	typeof: []string ++
-	default: ["title", "length", "position", "artist", "album"] ++
-	Priority of the tags when truncating the Dynamic tag (absence in this
-	list means force inclusion).
+	default: ["title", "artist", "album", "position", "length"] ++
+	Priority of the tags when truncating the Dynamic tag. The final ones ++
+	will be the first to be truncated. Absence in this list means force ++
+	inclusion.
 
 *dynamic-separator*: ++
 	typeof: string ++
diff --git a/src/modules/mpris/mpris.cpp b/src/modules/mpris/mpris.cpp
index 0f83f87b..61b395f7 100644
--- a/src/modules/mpris/mpris.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mpris/mpris.cpp
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ Mpris::Mpris(const std::string& id, const Json::Value& config)
   if (config["dynamic-len"].isUInt()) {
     dynamic_len_ = config["dynamic-len"].asUInt();
   }
-  if (config_["dynamic-priority"].isArray()) {
+  // "dynamic-priority" has been kept for backward compatibility
+  if (config_["dynamic-importance-order"].isArray() || config_["dynamic-priority"].isArray()) {
     dynamic_prio_.clear();
-    for (auto it = config_["dynamic-priority"].begin(); it != config_["dynamic-priority"].end();
-         ++it) {
-      if (it->isString()) {
-        dynamic_prio_.push_back(it->asString());
+    const auto& dynamic_priority = config_["dynamic-importance-order"].isArray() ? config_["dynamic-importance-order"] : config_["dynamic-priority"];
+    for (const auto& value : dynamic_priority) {
+      if (value.isString()) {
+        dynamic_prio_.push_back(value.asString());
       }
     }
   }