diff --git a/doc/userguide/configuration/exception-policies.rst b/doc/userguide/configuration/exception-policies.rst
index f051988f50..8034366c97 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/configuration/exception-policies.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/configuration/exception-policies.rst
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ are:
 - ``drop-packet``: drop the packet.
 - ``reject``: same as ``drop-flow``, but reject the current packet as well (see
   ``reject`` action in Rule's :ref:`actions`).
-- ``reject-both``: same as ``reject``, except that it sends reject packets to both the
+- ``rejectboth``: same as ``reject``, except that it sends reject packets to both the
   source and destination addresses.
 - ``bypass``: bypass the flow. No further decoding or parsing is done. :ref:`Bypass
   <bypass>` may be offloaded.
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ midstream pick-ups enabled or not and the various exception policy values:
    * - Drop-packet
      - Not valid.*
      - Not valid.*
-   * - Reject / Reject-both
+   * - Reject / Rejectboth
      - Not valid.*
      - Session not tracked, flow REJECTED.
    * - Pass-flow
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ whole flow.
    * - Drop-packet
      - Not valid.*
      - Not valid.*
-   * - Reject / Reject-both
+   * - Reject / Rejectboth
      - Not valid.*
      - Session not tracked, flow DROPPED and REJECTED.
    * - Pass-flow
diff --git a/src/util-exception-policy.c b/src/util-exception-policy.c
index d18aa52706..f3404b54c6 100644
--- a/src/util-exception-policy.c
+++ b/src/util-exception-policy.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static enum ExceptionPolicy ExceptionPolicyConfigValueParse(
         policy = EXCEPTION_POLICY_PASS_PACKET;
     } else if (strcmp(value_str, "reject") == 0) {
         policy = EXCEPTION_POLICY_REJECT;
-    } else if (strcmp(value_str, "reject-both") == 0) {
+    } else if (strcmp(value_str, "rejectboth") == 0) {
         policy = EXCEPTION_POLICY_REJECT_BOTH;
     } else if (strcmp(value_str, "ignore") == 0) { // TODO name?
         policy = EXCEPTION_POLICY_NOT_SET;