diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/pageutils_findnearest.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/pageutils_findnearest.test.php
index 1709626507c33b9b3fef07769b93f085b72628e4..d62d3dd78d07dc60196f1946356587f605d5fe8b 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/pageutils_findnearest.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/pageutils_findnearest.test.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class pageutils_findnearest_test extends DokuWikiTest {
         $sidebar = page_findnearest('sidebar');
         $this->assertEquals('sidebar', $sidebar);
 
-        $sidebar = page_findnearest('sidebar', true);
+        $sidebar = page_findnearest('sidebar', false);
         $this->assertEquals('internal:sidebar', $sidebar);
 
         $INPUT->server->set('REMOTE_USER', 'max');
diff --git a/inc/pageutils.php b/inc/pageutils.php
index e5f2d35a4975d84af0017d00fb9a6050e675be6b..04ec54ad83644e3190b59f7a0399a500a08b6fa6 100644
--- a/inc/pageutils.php
+++ b/inc/pageutils.php
@@ -746,10 +746,10 @@ function utf8_decodeFN($file){
  * @todo   add event hook
  *
  * @param  string $page the pagename you're looking for
- * @param bool $ignoreacl If pages that can't be accessed by the current user shall be returend
+ * @param bool $useacl only return pages readable by the current user, false to ignore ACLs
  * @return false|string the full page id of the found page, false if any
  */
-function page_findnearest($page, $ignoreacl = false){
+function page_findnearest($page, $useacl = true){
     if (!$page) return false;
     global $ID;
 
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ function page_findnearest($page, $ignoreacl = false){
     do {
         $ns = getNS($ns);
         $pageid = cleanID("$ns:$page");
-        if(page_exists($pageid) && ($ignoreacl || auth_quickaclcheck($pageid) >= AUTH_READ)){
+        if(page_exists($pageid) && (!$useacl || auth_quickaclcheck($pageid) >= AUTH_READ)){
             return $pageid;
         }
     } while($ns);
diff --git a/inc/template.php b/inc/template.php
index 5c2dc153bd17c81a323bb8cd5b1e4cc530775b25..92de109e84c22319425df06ae4fb0ca7e18e58d7 100644
--- a/inc/template.php
+++ b/inc/template.php
@@ -1712,14 +1712,14 @@ function tpl_license($img = 'badge', $imgonly = false, $return = false, $wrap =
  * @param string $pageid The page name you want to include
  * @param bool $print Should the content be printed or returned only
  * @param bool $propagate Search higher namespaces, too?
- * @param bool $ignoreacl Include the page without chcking ACLs?
+ * @param bool $useacl Include the page only if the ACLs check out?
  * @return bool|null|string
  */
-function tpl_include_page($pageid, $print = true, $propagate = false, $ignoreacl = false) {
+function tpl_include_page($pageid, $print = true, $propagate = false, $useacl = true) {
     if (!$pageid) return false;
     if($propagate) {
-        $pageid = page_findnearest($pageid, $ignoreacl);
-    } elseif(!$ignoreacl && auth_quickaclcheck($pageid) == AUTH_NONE) {
+        $pageid = page_findnearest($pageid, $useacl);
+    } elseif($useacl && auth_quickaclcheck($pageid) == AUTH_NONE) {
         return false;
     }