diff --git a/docs/meson.rst b/docs/meson.rst
index 3fddc77974f..604f6e1c3bf 100644
--- a/docs/meson.rst
+++ b/docs/meson.rst
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ of those, as they'll have the right values for your system:
    cpp = '/usr/bin/g++'
    ar = '/usr/bin/gcc-ar'
    strip = '/usr/bin/strip'
-   pkgconfig = '/usr/bin/pkg-config-32'
+   pkg-config = '/usr/bin/pkg-config-32'
    llvm-config = '/usr/bin/llvm-config32'
 
    [properties]
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ of those, as they'll have the right values for your system:
    cpp = '/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++'
    ar = '/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar'
    strip = '/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-strip'
-   pkgconfig = '/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config'
+   pkg-config = '/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config'
    exe_wrapper = '/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static'
 
    [host_machine]
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ of those, as they'll have the right values for your system:
    cpp = '/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++'
    ar = '/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar'
    strip = '/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip'
-   pkgconfig = '/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-pkg-config'
+   pkg-config = '/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-pkg-config'
    exe_wrapper = 'wine'
 
    [host_machine]