diff --git a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
index aed6589afa..d24e5bbedc 100644
--- a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ temporarily override a list of interface names and listen on all interfaces.
arp-cache-timeout35uint32false
ieee802-3-encapsulation36booleanfalse
default-tcp-ttl37uint8false
-tcp-keepalive-internal38uint32false
+tcp-keepalive-interval38uint32false
tcp-keepalive-garbage39booleanfalse
diff --git a/src/lib/dhcp/std_option_defs.h b/src/lib/dhcp/std_option_defs.h
index 18e88e60e1..3f4fedf93a 100644
--- a/src/lib/dhcp/std_option_defs.h
+++ b/src/lib/dhcp/std_option_defs.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const OptionDefParams OPTION_DEF_PARAMS4[] = {
{ "ieee802-3-encapsulation", DHO_IEEE802_3_ENCAPSULATION,
OPT_BOOLEAN_TYPE, false, NO_RECORD_DEF, "" },
{ "default-tcp-ttl", DHO_DEFAULT_TCP_TTL, OPT_UINT8_TYPE, false, NO_RECORD_DEF, "" },
- { "tcp-keepalive-internal", DHO_TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL,
+ { "tcp-keepalive-interval", DHO_TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL,
OPT_UINT32_TYPE, false, NO_RECORD_DEF, "" },
{ "tcp-keepalive-garbage", DHO_TCP_KEEPALIVE_GARBAGE,
OPT_BOOLEAN_TYPE, false, NO_RECORD_DEF, "" },