diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2d1a2b9c7c..a0e77c8667 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ endif
 
 if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
   message('Disabling gtk-doc while building on Windows')
-elif not get_option('gtkdoc')
+elif not get_option('gtk_doc')
   message('gtk-doc is disabled via options')
 else
   if find_program('gtkdoc-scan', required : false).found()
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 425f5d08a2..33d38f8e1d 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ option('install_plugins_helper', type: 'string', value: '',
 # Common options
 option('orc', type : 'combo', choices : ['yes', 'no', 'auto'], value : 'auto', yield : true)
 option('examples', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true)
-option('gtkdoc', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true,
+option('gtk_doc', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true,
        description : 'Build API documentation with gtk-doc')
 option('introspection', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true,
         description : 'Generate gobject-introspection bindings')