diff --git a/man/crypttab.xml b/man/crypttab.xml
index 5aade57c4..15c86d389 100644
--- a/man/crypttab.xml
+++ b/man/crypttab.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
                 <variablelist class='crypttab-options'>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>allow-discards</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>discard</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Allow discard requests to be
                                 passed through the encrypted block device. This
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
index 3a2cfe459..ba0fdbc8e 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int parse_one_option(const char *option) {
                 opt_readonly = true;
         else if (streq(option, "verify"))
                 opt_verify = true;
-        else if (streq(option, "allow-discards"))
+        else if (streq(option, "allow-discards") || streq(option, "discard"))
                 opt_discards = true;
         else if (streq(option, "luks"))
                 opt_type = CRYPT_LUKS1;