diff --git a/java/README.md b/java/README.md
index 421d6fa5e95..6ca58496605 100644
--- a/java/README.md
+++ b/java/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ cd boost_1_74_0
 sudo cp stage/lib/libboost_filesystem.a /usr/local/lib/
 ```
 and pass in the cmake options
-`-DARROW_STATIC_LIB=ON -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON` so that Apache Arrow and Boost libraries are
+`-DCUDF_USE_ARROW_STATIC=ON -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON` so that Apache Arrow and Boost libraries are
 linked statically.
 
 If you use the default cmake options libcudart will be dynamically linked to libcudf
diff --git a/java/ci/build-in-docker.sh b/java/ci/build-in-docker.sh
index 964adf2f4e4..7e51a150ebc 100755
--- a/java/ci/build-in-docker.sh
+++ b/java/ci/build-in-docker.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ make -j$PARALLEL_LEVEL install
 rm -rf $WORKSPACE/cpp/build
 mkdir -p $WORKSPACE/cpp/build
 cd $WORKSPACE/cpp/build
-cmake .. -DUSE_NVTX=OFF -DARROW_STATIC_LIB=ON -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=$SKIP_CPP_TESTS -DPER_THREAD_DEFAULT_STREAM=$ENABLE_PTDS -DRMM_LOGGING_LEVEL=$RMM_LOGGING_LEVEL
+cmake .. -DUSE_NVTX=OFF -DCUDF_USE_ARROW_STATIC=ON -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=$SKIP_CPP_TESTS -DPER_THREAD_DEFAULT_STREAM=$ENABLE_PTDS -DRMM_LOGGING_LEVEL=$RMM_LOGGING_LEVEL
 make -j$PARALLEL_LEVEL
 make install DESTDIR=$INSTALL_PREFIX
 
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d957e1ba9b..c1239fe69ea 100755
--- a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ find_library(ARROW_LIBRARY libarrow.a
         "${CUDF_CPP_BUILD_DIR}/_deps/arrow-build/release")
 
 if(NOT ARROW_LIBRARY)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Arrow static libs not found. Was libcudf built with ARROW_STATIC_LIB=ON?")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Arrow static libs not found. Was libcudf built with CUDF_USE_ARROW_STATIC=ON?")
 else()
   message(STATUS "ARROW: ARROW_LIBRARY set to ${ARROW_LIBRARY}")
 endif(NOT ARROW_LIBRARY)