diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 260a10e11..417416551 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ sub set_comment( $ ) {
 sub macro_comment( $ ) {
     my $macro = $_[0];
 
-    $comment = $macro unless $comment || ! ( have_capability( 'COMMENTS' ) && $config{AUTO_COMMENT} );
+    $comment = $macro unless $comment || ! ( have_capability( 'COMMENTS' ) && $config{AUTOCOMMENT} );
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 14ec041dd..29ff0f928 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -4595,7 +4595,7 @@ sub get_configuration( $$$ ) {
     default_yes_no 'EXPAND_POLICIES'            , '';
     default_yes_no 'KEEP_RT_TABLES'             , '';
     default_yes_no 'DELETE_THEN_ADD'            , 'Yes';
-    default_yes_no 'AUTO_COMMENT'               , 'Yes';
+    default_yes_no 'AUTOCOMMENT'                , 'Yes';
     default_yes_no 'MULTICAST'                  , '';
     default_yes_no 'MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN'      , '';
     default_yes_no 'MANGLE_ENABLED'             , have_capability 'MANGLE_ENABLED' ? 'Yes' : '';