diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
index 1dde6824f8..02952ac141 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ This option enables or disables accurate seeking in input files with the
 transcoding. Use @option{-noaccurate_seek} to disable it, which may be useful
 e.g. when copying some streams and transcoding the others.
 
-@item -thread_message_queue @var{size} (@emph{input})
+@item -thread_queue_size @var{size} (@emph{input})
 This option sets the maximum number of queued packets when reading from the
 file or device. With low latency / high rate live streams, packets may be
 discarded if they are not read in a timely manner; raising this value can