diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e1a31fb332..e6cfc0e4be 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --cross-cc-*[!a-zA-Z0-9_-]*=*) error_exit "Passed bad --cross-cc-FOO option"
   ;;
-  --cross-cc-cflags-*) cc_arch=${opt#--cross-cc-flags-}; cc_arch=${cc_arch%%=*}
+  --cross-cc-cflags-*) cc_arch=${opt#--cross-cc-cflags-}; cc_arch=${cc_arch%%=*}
                       eval "cross_cc_cflags_${cc_arch}=\$optarg"
                       cross_cc_vars="$cross_cc_vars cross_cc_cflags_${cc_arch}"
   ;;
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --extra-cxxflags=CXXFLAGS append extra C++ compiler flags CXXFLAGS
   --extra-ldflags=LDFLAGS  append extra linker flags LDFLAGS
   --cross-cc-ARCH=CC       use compiler when building ARCH guest test cases
-  --cross-cc-flags-ARCH=   use compiler flags when building ARCH guest tests
+  --cross-cc-cflags-ARCH=  use compiler flags when building ARCH guest tests
   --make=MAKE              use specified make [$make]
   --python=PYTHON          use specified python [$python]
   --sphinx-build=SPHINX    use specified sphinx-build [$sphinx_build]
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index d744b5909c..92d40cdd19 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ for the architecture in question, for example::
 
   $(configure) --cross-cc-aarch64=aarch64-cc
 
-There is also a ``--cross-cc-flags-ARCH`` flag in case additional
+There is also a ``--cross-cc-cflags-ARCH`` flag in case additional
 compiler flags are needed to build for a given target.
 
 If you have the ability to run containers as the user the build system