diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index 8e4a43be7..258bf4f7a 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ The simplest way to fix this is to have kitty load the environment variables
 from your shell configuration at startup using the :opt:`env` directive,
 adding the following to :file:`kitty.conf`::
 
-    env read_from_login_shell=PATH LANG LC_* XDG_* EDITOR VISUAL
+    env read_from_shell=PATH LANG LC_* XDG_* EDITOR VISUAL
 
 This works for POSIX compliant shells and the fish shell. Note that it
 does add significantly to kitty startup time, so use only if really necessary.
diff --git a/kitty/main.py b/kitty/main.py
index ab27faa2e..2f5140cbf 100644
--- a/kitty/main.py
+++ b/kitty/main.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ def setup_environment(opts: Options, cli_opts: CLIOptions) -> None:
     if cli_opts.listen_on:
         cli_opts.listen_on = expand_listen_on(cli_opts.listen_on, from_config_file)
     path_from_shell = ''
-    if vars := opts.env.pop('read_from_login_shell', ''):
+    if vars := opts.env.pop('read_from_shell', ''):
         import fnmatch
         import re
         senv = read_shell_environment(opts)
diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py
index 09ffde89c..e0064a57f 100644
--- a/kitty/options/definition.py
+++ b/kitty/options/definition.py
@@ -3272,11 +3272,11 @@ recursively, for example::
 The value of :code:`VAR2` will be :code:`<path to home directory>/a/b`.
 
 Use the special
-value :code:`read_from_login_shell` to have kitty read the specified variables from
+value :code:`read_from_shell` to have kitty read the specified variables from
 your :opt:`login shell <shell>` configuration.
 Useful if your shell startup files setup a bunch of environment variables that you want available to kitty and
 in kitty session files. Each variable name is treated as a glob pattern to match. For example:
-:code:`env read_from_login_shell=PATH LANG LC_* XDG_* EDITOR VISUAL`. Note that these variables are only
+:code:`env read_from_shell=PATH LANG LC_* XDG_* EDITOR VISUAL`. Note that these variables are only
 read after the configuration is fully processed, thus they are not available for recursive expansion and
 they will override any variables set by other :opt:`env` directives.
 ''',