diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 94b42d1c..7cab35e1 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 option('development', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'If this is a development build')
-option('enchant', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled', description: 'Use enchant for spellchecking')
+option('spelling', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled', description: 'Use libspelling for spellchecking')
 option('bugreport_url', type: 'string', value: 'https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/issues', description: 'URL to report issues. Distributions packaging Text Editor are encouraged to set this to their bugtracker.')