diff --git a/config_help.txt b/config_help.txt
index bf50491110..ab86873310 100644
--- a/config_help.txt
+++ b/config_help.txt
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Core options:
   -inotify ............. Enable inotify support
   -iconv ............... Enable iconv(3) support [posix/sun/gnu/no] (Unix only)
   -icu ................. Enable ICU support [auto]
-  -pcre2 ............... Select used libpcre2 [system/qt]
+  -pcre ................ Select used libpcre2 [system/qt]
   -pps ................. Enable PPS support [auto] (QNX only)
   -zlib ................ Select used zlib [system/qt]
                          ZLIB_LIBS=
diff --git a/src/corelib/configure.json b/src/corelib/configure.json
index d4a511781c..f84a13fa50 100644
--- a/src/corelib/configure.json
+++ b/src/corelib/configure.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             "icu": "boolean",
             "inotify": "boolean",
             "journald": "boolean",
-            "pcre2": { "type": "enum", "values": [ "qt", "system" ] },
+            "pcre": { "type": "enum", "values": [ "qt", "system" ] },
             "posix-ipc": { "type": "boolean", "name": "ipc_posix" },
             "pps": { "type": "boolean", "name": "qqnx_pps" },
             "slog2": "boolean",
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@
         },
         "system-pcre2": {
             "label": "Using system PCRE2",
-            "disable": "input.pcre2 == 'qt'",
-            "enable": "input.pcre2 == 'system'",
+            "disable": "input.pcre == 'qt'",
+            "enable": "input.pcre == 'system'",
             "condition": "libs.pcre2",
             "output": [
                 "privateFeature",