diff --git a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
index c2b1e2d..2ac11f5 100644
--- a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
+++ b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ convenience for the application's rendering mechanism.
     fonthashint    FC_FONT_HAS_HINT       Bool    Whether font has hinting
     order          FC_ORDER               Int     Order number of the font
     desktop        FC_DESKTOP_NAME        String  Current desktop name
-    namedinstance  FC_NAMED_INSTANCE      Bool    Whether font is a named-instance
+    namedinstance  FC_NAMED_INSTANCE      Bool    Whether font is a named instance
     </programlisting>
   </sect2>
 </sect1>
diff --git a/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml b/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml
index d1c72c2..a89cab5 100644
--- a/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml
+++ b/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ variable        Bool    Wheter font is Variable Font
 fonthashint     Bool    Whether the font has hinting
 order           Int     Order number of the font
 desktop         String  Current desktop name
-namedinstance   Bool    Whether font is a named-instance
+namedinstance   Bool    Whether font is a named instance
     </programlisting>
   </refsect2>
   <refsect2>
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index 6f83811..28d5866 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ typedef int		FcBool;
 #define FC_FONT_HAS_HINT    "fonthashint"	/* Bool - true if font has hinting */
 #define FC_ORDER	    "order"		/* Integer */
 #define FC_DESKTOP_NAME     "desktop"		/* String */
-#define FC_NAMED_INSTANCE   "namedinstance"	/* Bool - true if font is namedinstance */
+#define FC_NAMED_INSTANCE   "namedinstance"	/* Bool - true if font is named instance */
 
 #define FC_CACHE_SUFFIX		    ".cache-" FC_CACHE_VERSION
 #define FC_DIR_CACHE_FILE	    "fonts.cache-" FC_CACHE_VERSION