diff --git a/changelog.d/pr-7402 b/changelog.d/pr-7402
index bbf89365be6701a2179b2c704432dcad6f5c1a69..1b60872a8e83a3d8b08fc74669228ddbe0d4034b 100644
--- a/changelog.d/pr-7402
+++ b/changelog.d/pr-7402
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: {
 
 - Removes the --dry-run part of the v2-configure command
 - Adds an --append flag to v2-configure, which allows new configuration to be appended to the old config file
-- Adds an --overwrite flag to v2-configure, which disables the backup feature for the config file
+- Adds a --backup flag to v2-configure, which enables the backup feature for the config file
 - Includes unit tests for everything
 
 }
diff --git a/doc/cabal-commands.rst b/doc/cabal-commands.rst
index 470116e95880f9d494142edb3debf03c4d9c78f6..d3df212cf51fae32c36024b0289da55362b375d4 100644
--- a/doc/cabal-commands.rst
+++ b/doc/cabal-commands.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ by simply overwriting it all. Overwriting is the default behaviour, as
 such, there's a flag ``--enable-append`` to append the new configurations
 instead. Since overwriting is rather destructive in nature, a backup system
 is in place, which moves the old configuration to a ``cabal.project.local~``
-file, this feature can also be disabled by using the ``--enable-overwrite``
+file, this feature can also be disabled by using the ``--enable-backup``
 flag.
 
 cabal v2-update