diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/gencode-remote
index a3f6933c..8c1ee1b7 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/gencode-remote
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
 
 config_file="/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf"
 
-if [ -f "$__object/parameter/enable-services" ]; then
-    enable_services="$(cat "$__object/parameter/enable-services")"
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/enable-jails" ]; then
+    enable_jails="$(cat "$__object/parameter/enable-jails")"
 else
-    enable_services="$__object_id"
+    enable_jails="$__object_id"
 fi
-services="$(echo $enable_services | sed -e 's/,/ /g')"
-for service in $services
+jails="$(echo $enable_jails | sed -e 's/,/ /g')"
+for jail in $jails
 do
-    echo "[$(tput setaf 6)info$(tput sgr 0)] Enabling fail2ban for $service..." >&2
+    echo "Enabling fail2ban for $jail..." >&2
     cat << EOF
-perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/\[$service\].*[\n]*enabled.*=.*\n/\[$service\]\n\nenabled = true\n/g' $config_file
+perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/\[$jail\].*[\n]*enabled.*=.*\n/\[$jail\]\n\nenabled = true\n/g' $config_file
 EOF
 done
 echo "service fail2ban restart"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/manifest
index 92e98021..8b368bac 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/manifest
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ case "$os" in
         require=__package/epel-release __package fail2ban --state present
     ;;
     *)
-        echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently untested for ${__type##*/}." >&2
-        echo "If it works, please add it." >&2
-        __package fail2ban --state present
+        echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported by this type (${__type##*/})." >&2
+        echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
+        exit 1
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/parameter/optional
index e43ccb4b..25d1f2cf 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/parameter/optional
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__fail2ban/parameter/optional
@@ -1 +1 @@
-enable-services
\ No newline at end of file
+enable-jails