diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index 02dd3f0c05c5..85388d3b4639 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ impl Config {
                     ar: target_ar,
                     ranlib: target_ranlib,
                     default_linker: target_default_linker,
-                    default_linker_linux: target_default_linker_linux_override,
+                    default_linker_linux_override: target_default_linker_linux_override,
                     linker: target_linker,
                     split_debuginfo: target_split_debuginfo,
                     llvm_config: target_llvm_config,
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs
index 7b8d4f9601b5..4c7afa50b965 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ define_config! {
         ar: Option<String> = "ar",
         ranlib: Option<String> = "ranlib",
         default_linker: Option<PathBuf> = "default-linker",
-        default_linker_linux: Option<DefaultLinuxLinkerOverride> = "default-linker-linux-override",
+        default_linker_linux_override: Option<DefaultLinuxLinkerOverride> = "default-linker-linux-override",
         linker: Option<String> = "linker",
         split_debuginfo: Option<String> = "split-debuginfo",
         llvm_config: Option<String> = "llvm-config",
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl Target {
     }
 }
 
-/// Overrides the default linker used on a Linux linker.
+/// Overrides the default linker used on a Linux target.
 /// On Linux, the linker is usually invoked through `cc`, therefore this exists as a separate
 /// configuration from simply setting `default-linker`, which corresponds to `-Clinker`.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]