diff --git a/rjit.c b/rjit.c
index 7b65f3069fd806..a2ce825588645a 100644
--- a/rjit.c
+++ b/rjit.c
@@ -139,9 +139,8 @@ rb_rjit_setup_options(const char *s, struct rb_rjit_options *rjit_opt)
     else if (opt_match_noarg(s, l, "verify-ctx")) {
         rjit_opt->verify_ctx = true;
     }
-    // --rjit=pause is an undocumented feature for experiments
-    else if (opt_match_noarg(s, l, "pause")) {
-        rjit_opt->pause = true;
+    else if (opt_match_noarg(s, l, "disable")) {
+        rjit_opt->disable = true;
     }
     else {
         rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError,
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ rb_rjit_init(const struct rb_rjit_options *opts)
     }
 
     // Enable RJIT and stats from here
-    rb_rjit_call_p = !rb_rjit_opts.pause;
+    rb_rjit_call_p = !rb_rjit_opts.disable;
     rjit_stats_p = rb_rjit_opts.stats;
 }
 
diff --git a/rjit.h b/rjit.h
index dc984c1cdcfb69..02fb91b835c204 100644
--- a/rjit.h
+++ b/rjit.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct rb_rjit_options {
     // Verify context objects
     bool verify_ctx;
     // [experimental] Do not start RJIT until RJIT.resume is called.
-    bool pause;
+    bool disable;
 };
 
 RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN
diff --git a/rjit.rb b/rjit.rb
index ebad3529ef78e5..60d76c3f43519f 100644
--- a/rjit.rb
+++ b/rjit.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ def self.enabled?
     Primitive.cexpr! 'RBOOL(rb_rjit_enabled)'
   end
 
-  # Start generating JITed code again after --rjit-pause.
-  def self.resume
+  # Start generating JITed code again after --rjit-disable.
+  def self.enable
     Primitive.cstmt! %{
       rb_rjit_call_p = true;
       return Qnil;
diff --git a/rjit_c.rb b/rjit_c.rb
index ee5759a08dab64..fe81959022401f 100644
--- a/rjit_c.rb
+++ b/rjit_c.rb
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ def C.rb_rjit_options
       trace_exits: [self._Bool, Primitive.cexpr!("OFFSETOF((*((struct rb_rjit_options *)NULL)), trace_exits)")],
       dump_disasm: [self._Bool, Primitive.cexpr!("OFFSETOF((*((struct rb_rjit_options *)NULL)), dump_disasm)")],
       verify_ctx: [self._Bool, Primitive.cexpr!("OFFSETOF((*((struct rb_rjit_options *)NULL)), verify_ctx)")],
-      pause: [self._Bool, Primitive.cexpr!("OFFSETOF((*((struct rb_rjit_options *)NULL)), pause)")],
+      disable: [self._Bool, Primitive.cexpr!("OFFSETOF((*((struct rb_rjit_options *)NULL)), disable)")],
     )
   end