diff --git a/cmd/micro/bindings.go b/cmd/micro/bindings.go
index 1e0d624a..08691418 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/bindings.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/bindings.go
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func (v *View) Backspace() bool {
 		// tab (tabSize number of spaces)
 		lineStart := v.Buf.Lines[v.Cursor.y][:v.Cursor.x]
 		tabSize := int(settings["tabsize"].(float64))
-		if settings["tabsToSpaces"].(bool) && IsSpaces(lineStart) && len(lineStart) != 0 && len(lineStart)%tabSize == 0 {
+		if settings["tabstospaces"].(bool) && IsSpaces(lineStart) && len(lineStart) != 0 && len(lineStart)%tabSize == 0 {
 			loc := v.Cursor.Loc()
 			v.Cursor.SetLoc(loc - tabSize)
 			cx, cy := v.Cursor.x, v.Cursor.y
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func (v *View) InsertTab() bool {
 		v.Cursor.DeleteSelection()
 		v.Cursor.ResetSelection()
 	}
-	if settings["tabsToSpaces"].(bool) {
+	if settings["tabstospaces"].(bool) {
 		tabSize := int(settings["tabsize"].(float64))
 		v.Buf.Insert(v.Cursor.Loc(), Spaces(tabSize))
 		for i := 0; i < tabSize; i++ {
diff --git a/runtime/help/help.md b/runtime/help/help.md
index bd074738..3458f3ed 100644
--- a/runtime/help/help.md
+++ b/runtime/help/help.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Here are the options that you can set:
 
 	default value: `on`
 
-* `tabsToSpaces`: use spaces instead of tabs
+* `tabstospaces`: use spaces instead of tabs
 
 	default value: `off`