diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0c1f0afa..00c6a20f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ calendar_schemadir = join_paths(calendar_datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')
 calendar_buildtype = get_option('buildtype')
 calendar_debug = calendar_minor_version.is_odd() or buildtype.contains('debug')
 enable_tracing = get_option('tracing')
-enable_gtk_doc = get_option('gtk_doc')
+enable_gtk_doc = get_option('documentation')
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 063b8cb0..27e07971 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 option('tracing', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'add extra debugging information')
-option('gtk_doc', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'use gtk-doc to build documentation')
+option('documentation', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'use gtk-doc to build documentation')