diff --git a/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/EnterpriseAuthManagerFactory.java b/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/EnterpriseAuthManagerFactory.java
index cdd1e1fa429d..7477f39ca291 100644
--- a/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/EnterpriseAuthManagerFactory.java
+++ b/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/EnterpriseAuthManagerFactory.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public AuthManager newInstance( Config config, LogProvider logProvider )
             // TODO: Load pluggable realms
         }
 
-        long ttl = config.get( SecuritySettings.auth_caching_ttl );
+        long ttl = config.get( SecuritySettings.auth_cache_ttl );
         long maxCapacity = config.get( SecuritySettings.auth_cache_max_capacity );
 
         return new MultiRealmAuthManager( internalRealm, realms, new AuthCache.Manager( Clocks.systemClock(), ttl, maxCapacity ) );
diff --git a/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/SecuritySettings.java b/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/SecuritySettings.java
index 11720be94cab..6ca81f1052bd 100644
--- a/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/SecuritySettings.java
+++ b/enterprise/security/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/security/enterprise/auth/SecuritySettings.java
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ public class SecuritySettings
     public static Setting<String> ldap_authorization_group_to_role_mapping =
             setting( "dbms.security.realms.ldap.authorization.group_to_role_mapping", STRING, NO_DEFAULT );
 
-    @Description( "The time to live (TTL) for cached authentication and authorization info." )
-    public static Setting<Long> auth_caching_ttl =
-            setting( "dbms.security.realms.auth_caching_ttl", DURATION, "10m" );
+    @Description( "The time to live (TTL) for cached authentication and authorization info. Setting the TTL to 0 will" +
+            " disable auth caching." )
+    public static Setting<Long> auth_cache_ttl =
+            setting( "dbms.security.realms.auth_cache_ttl", DURATION, "10m" );
 
     @Description( "The maximum capacity for authentication and authorization caches (respectively)." )
     public static Setting<Long> auth_cache_max_capacity =