diff --git a/src/flake8/api/legacy.py b/src/flake8/api/legacy.py
index dff40a6..6fa13b4 100644
--- a/src/flake8/api/legacy.py
+++ b/src/flake8/api/legacy.py
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ def get_style_guide(**kwargs):
         :class:`StyleGuide`
     """
     application = app.Application()
-    (
-        prelim_opts,
-        remaining_args,
-    ) = application.parse_preliminary_options_and_args([])
+    prelim_opts, remaining_args = application.parse_preliminary_options([])
     flake8.configure_logging(prelim_opts.verbose, prelim_opts.output_file)
     application.make_config_finder(prelim_opts.append_config)
     application.find_plugins(prelim_opts.config, prelim_opts.isolated)
diff --git a/src/flake8/main/application.py b/src/flake8/main/application.py
index 9555202..f8a2d11 100644
--- a/src/flake8/main/application.py
+++ b/src/flake8/main/application.py
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ class Application(object):
         #: The parsed diff information
         self.parsed_diff = {}  # type: Dict[str, Set[int]]
 
-    def parse_preliminary_options_and_args(self, argv):
+    def parse_preliminary_options(self, argv):
         # type: (List[str]) -> Tuple[argparse.Namespace, List[str]]
-        """Get preliminary options and args from CLI, pre-plugin-loading.
+        """Get preliminary options from the CLI, pre-plugin-loading.
 
-        We need to know the values of a few standard options and args now, so
-        that we can find config files and configure logging.
+        We need to know the values of a few standard options so that we can
+        locate configuration files and configure logging.
 
         Since plugins aren't loaded yet, there may be some as-yet-unknown
         options; we ignore those for now, they'll be parsed later when we do
@@ -338,9 +338,7 @@ class Application(object):
         """
         # NOTE(sigmavirus24): When updating this, make sure you also update
         # our legacy API calls to these same methods.
-        prelim_opts, remaining_args = self.parse_preliminary_options_and_args(
-            argv
-        )
+        prelim_opts, remaining_args = self.parse_preliminary_options(argv)
         flake8.configure_logging(prelim_opts.verbose, prelim_opts.output_file)
         self.make_config_finder(prelim_opts.append_config)
         self.find_plugins(prelim_opts.config, prelim_opts.isolated)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_application.py b/tests/unit/test_application.py
index 9d4debc..04845a4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_application.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_application.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_returns_specified_plugin(application):
 
 def test_prelim_opts_args(application):
     """Verify we get sensible prelim opts and args."""
-    opts, args = application.parse_preliminary_options_and_args(
+    opts, args = application.parse_preliminary_options(
         ['--foo', '--verbose', 'src', 'setup.py', '--statistics', '--version'])
 
     assert opts.verbose
@@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ def test_prelim_opts_ignore_help(application):
     # GIVEN
 
     # WHEN
-    _, args = application.parse_preliminary_options_and_args([
-        '--help',
-        '-h',
-    ])
+    _, args = application.parse_preliminary_options(['--help', '-h'])
 
     # THEN
     assert args == ['--help', '-h']
@@ -117,6 +114,6 @@ def test_prelim_opts_handles_empty(application):
     """Verify empty argv lists are handled correctly."""
     irrelevant_args = ['myexe', '/path/to/foo']
     with mock.patch.object(sys, 'argv', irrelevant_args):
-        opts, args = application.parse_preliminary_options_and_args([])
+        opts, args = application.parse_preliminary_options([])
 
         assert args == []
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_legacy_api.py b/tests/unit/test_legacy_api.py
index 49daf79..071bcf3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_legacy_api.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_legacy_api.py
@@ -18,16 +18,13 @@ def test_get_style_guide():
         verbose=0,
     )
     mockedapp = mock.Mock()
-    mockedapp.parse_preliminary_options_and_args.return_value = (
-        prelim_opts,
-        [],
-    )
+    mockedapp.parse_preliminary_options.return_value = (prelim_opts, [])
     with mock.patch('flake8.main.application.Application') as application:
         application.return_value = mockedapp
         style_guide = api.get_style_guide()
 
     application.assert_called_once_with()
-    mockedapp.parse_preliminary_options_and_args.assert_called_once_with([])
+    mockedapp.parse_preliminary_options.assert_called_once_with([])
     mockedapp.make_config_finder.assert_called_once_with([])
     mockedapp.find_plugins.assert_called_once_with(None, False)
     mockedapp.register_plugin_options.assert_called_once_with()