diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index fb3a23ef..5c37dfc7 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -144,16 +144,16 @@
 #endif
 
 // Check if exceptions are disabled.
-#ifdef FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+#ifdef FMT_USE_EXCEPTIONS
 // Use the provided definition.
 #elif defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__EXCEPTIONS)
-#  define FMT_EXCEPTIONS 0
+#  define FMT_USE_EXCEPTIONS 0
 #elif FMT_MSC_VERSION && !_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
-#  define FMT_EXCEPTIONS 0
+#  define FMT_USE_EXCEPTIONS 0
 #else
-#  define FMT_EXCEPTIONS 1
+#  define FMT_USE_EXCEPTIONS 1
 #endif
-#if FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+#if FMT_USE_EXCEPTIONS
 #  define FMT_TRY try
 #  define FMT_CATCH(x) catch (x)
 #else
diff --git a/include/fmt/format-inl.h b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
index bc8730c4..e4dd7ea8 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format-inl.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ FMT_FUNC auto write_loc(appender out, loc_value value,
 }  // namespace detail
 
 FMT_FUNC void report_error(const char* message) {
-#if FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+#if FMT_USE_EXCEPTIONS
   throw format_error(message);
 #else
   fputs(message, stderr);
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 60ec1f7d..acbfe563 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ template <> struct iterator_traits<fmt::appender> {
 }  // namespace std
 
 #ifndef FMT_THROW
-#  if FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+#  if FMT_USE_EXCEPTIONS
 #    if FMT_MSC_VERSION || defined(__NVCC__)
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace detail {