diff --git a/docs/advanced/pdf.md b/docs/advanced/pdf.md
index 3ae1deaf0ab21e938bce2ad4f2580e7710cf0057..942e694d3d39f83709ee5a6b146868b20af1b094 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/pdf.md
+++ b/docs/advanced/pdf.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ You can also use Latex to build a PDF of your book. This can behave differently
 operating system and setup. This section tries to recommend a few best-practices.
 
 The default is to build your project as a single PDF file, however it is possible to build
-individual PDF files for each page of the project by enabling the `--individualfiles` option
+individual PDF files for each page of the project by enabling the `--individualpages` option
 when using the `pdflatex` builder.
 
 ### Installation
@@ -113,5 +113,5 @@ jb build mybookname/ --builder latex
 ```
 
 To build PDF files for each page of the project then you can specify the
-option `--individualfiles`. The individual PDF files will be available in the
+option `--individualpages`. The individual PDF files will be available in the
 `latex` build folder and will have the same document name as the source file.
diff --git a/jupyter_book/commands/__init__.py b/jupyter_book/commands/__init__.py
index 454c95b6b3bad1743da5d152b4dad89923d9b462..327ca353841029d73b49e4200c25292e427c365e 100644
--- a/jupyter_book/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_book/commands/__init__.py
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ BUILDER_OPTS = {
     type=click.Choice(list(BUILDER_OPTS.keys())),
 )
 @click.option(
-    "--individualfiles",
+    "--individualpages",
     is_flag=True,
     default=False,
     help="[pdflatex option] Enable build of PDF files for each individual page",
 )
 def build(
-    path_book, path_output, config, toc, warningiserror, builder, individualfiles
+    path_book, path_output, config, toc, warningiserror, builder, individualpages
 ):
     """Convert your book's content to HTML or a PDF."""
     # Paths for our notebooks
@@ -99,17 +99,17 @@ def build(
             raise ValueError(f"Config file path given, but not found: {path_config}")
 
     # Builder-specific configuration
-    if individualfiles:
+    if individualpages:
         if builder != "pdflatex":
             _error(
                 """
-                Specified option --individualfiles only works with the
+                Specified option --individualpages only works with the
                 following builders:
 
                 pdflatex
                 """
             )
-        latexoverrides["latex_individualfiles"] = True
+        latexoverrides["latex_individualpages"] = True
 
     # Builder-specific overrides
     if builder == "pdfhtml":
diff --git a/jupyter_book/sphinx.py b/jupyter_book/sphinx.py
index 97ac8c0238a11557d727ab2b557bd2b40ae8a851..e873bdaabec58bb1f13722c1efbb75f5101cdb2d 100644
--- a/jupyter_book/sphinx.py
+++ b/jupyter_book/sphinx.py
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ def build_sphinx(
                 )
                 app.config.latex_documents = latex_documents
 
-            # Apply Latex Overrides for auto latex_individualfiles option
+            # Apply Latex Overrides for auto latex_individualpages option
             if (
                 latexoverrides is not None
-                and "latex_individualfiles" in latexoverrides.keys()
+                and "latex_individualpages" in latexoverrides.keys()
             ):
                 from .pdf import autobuild_singlepage_latexdocuments
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pdf.py b/tests/test_pdf.py
index ca0957b55a419bb4c93ba14cea53fdcfcfb369d1..ef9ba970096b0cf3b7ef0d8aba17d7803e2b07a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_pdf.py
+++ b/tests/test_pdf.py
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ def test_pdflatex(tmpdir):
     assert path_pdf.joinpath("book.pdf").exists()
 
 
-def test_pdflatex_individualfiles(tmpdir):
+def test_pdflatex_individualpages(tmpdir):
     path_output = Path(tmpdir).absolute()
     path_template = path_tests.parent.joinpath("jupyter_book", "book_template")
     cmd = f"jb build {path_template} --path-output {path_output} \
-            --builder pdflatex --individualfiles"
+            --builder pdflatex --individualpages"
     run(cmd.split(), check=True)
     path_pdf = path_output.joinpath("_build", "latex")
     assert path_pdf.joinpath("book.pdf").exists()
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ def test_pdflatex_individualfiles(tmpdir):
     # assert path_pdf.joinpath("intro.pdf").exists()
 
 
-def test_pdflatex_individualfiles_nested(tmpdir):
+def test_pdflatex_individualpages_nested(tmpdir):
     path_output = Path(tmpdir).absolute()
     path_template = path_tests.joinpath("books", "nested")
     cmd = f"jb build {path_template} --path-output {path_output} \
-            --builder pdflatex --individualfiles"
+            --builder pdflatex --individualpages"
     run(cmd.split(), check=True)
     path_pdf = path_output.joinpath("_build", "latex")
     assert path_pdf.joinpath("index.pdf").exists()