diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 324495d80b..2ae7053949 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ configure_file(output : 'config.h', configuration : cdata)
 
 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 80da4086e5..b5bad0a96d 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ option('ptp-helper-permissions', type : 'combo',
 
 # Common options
 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 : 'Generate API documentation with gtk-doc')
 option('introspection', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true,
         description : 'Generate gobject-introspection bindings')