1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
index 4e9c045d184..3c1e85834de 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
   :group 'python
   :safe 'stringp)
 
-(defcustom python-shell-enable-syntax-highlighting t
+(defcustom python-shell-enable-font-lock t
   "Should syntax highlighting be enabled in the python shell buffer?
 Restart the python shell after changing this variable for it to take effect."
   :type 'boolean
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ controls which Python interpreter is run.  Variables
 `python-shell-prompt-regexp',
 `python-shell-prompt-output-regexp',
 `python-shell-prompt-block-regexp',
-`python-shell-enable-syntax-highlighting',
+`python-shell-enable-font-lock',
 `python-shell-completion-setup-code',
 `python-shell-completion-string-code',
 `python-shell-completion-module-string-code',
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ variable.
                'python-shell-completion-complete-at-point)
   (define-key inferior-python-mode-map (kbd "<tab>")
     'python-shell-completion-complete-or-indent)
-  (when python-shell-enable-syntax-highlighting
+  (when python-shell-enable-font-lock
     (set
      (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
      '(python-font-lock-keywords