diff --git a/lib/mocha.js b/lib/mocha.js
index 0478f2c1b3..cce2bb9b2f 100644
--- a/lib/mocha.js
+++ b/lib/mocha.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function Mocha(options) {
 
   if ('enableTimeouts' in options) {
     utils.deprecate(
-      'enableTimeouts is DEPRECATED and will be removed from a future version of Mocha. Instead, use "timeouts: false" to disable timeouts.'
+      'enableTimeouts is DEPRECATED and will be removed from a future version of Mocha. Instead, use "timeout: false" to disable timeouts.'
     );
   }
   this.timeout(