diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-2.7.0.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-2.7.0.rst
index 2840178a0..83cddb341 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/release-2.7.0.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-2.7.0.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ holger krekel
   github.  See https://pytest.org/en/stable/contributing.html .
   Thanks to Anatoly for pushing and initial work on this.
 
-- fix issue650: new option ``--docttest-ignore-import-errors`` which
+- fix issue650: new option ``--doctest-ignore-import-errors`` which
   will turn import errors in doctests into skips.  Thanks Charles Cloud
   for the complete PR.
 
diff --git a/doc/en/changelog.rst b/doc/en/changelog.rst
index 7850a7b66..1c768a61d 100644
--- a/doc/en/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/en/changelog.rst
@@ -8346,7 +8346,7 @@ time or change existing behaviors in order to make them less surprising/more use
   github.  See https://pytest.org/en/stable/contributing.html .
   Thanks to Anatoly for pushing and initial work on this.
 
-- fix issue650: new option ``--docttest-ignore-import-errors`` which
+- fix issue650: new option ``--doctest-ignore-import-errors`` which
   will turn import errors in doctests into skips.  Thanks Charles Cloud
   for the complete PR.