diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 85f0193..71f3fbc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@
                     "default": false,
                     "description": "Suppress warnings."
                 },
-                "texinfo.preview.displayImage": {
+                "texinfo.preview.localImage": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": false,
-                    "description": "Display images in in preview."
+                    "description": "Display local images in in preview."
                 },
                 "texinfo.preview.customCSS": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/src/contexts/preview.ts b/src/contexts/preview.ts
index 11d84cd..e27915b 100644
--- a/src/contexts/preview.ts
+++ b/src/contexts/preview.ts
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ export default class PreviewContext {
     private pendingUpdate = false;
 
     private get imageTransformer(): Optional<Operator<string>> {
-        if (!Options.displayImage) return undefined;
+        if (!Options.localImage) return undefined;
         const pathName = path.dirname(this.document.fileName);
         return src => {
+            // Do not transform URIs of online images.
+            if (src.startsWith('https://') || src.startsWith('http://')) return src;
             const srcUri = vscode.Uri.file(pathName + '/' + src);
             // To display images in webviews, image URIs in HTML should be converted to VSCode-recognizable ones.
             return this.panel.webview.asWebviewUri(srcUri).toString();
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index 77d7cb3..23b8037 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ export default class Options implements vscode.Disposable {
         return Options.instance.getBoolean('preview.noWarnings');
     }
 
-    static get displayImage() {
-        return Options.instance.getBoolean('preview.displayImage');
+    static get localImage() {
+        return Options.instance.getBoolean('preview.localImage');
     }
 
     static get customCSS() {