diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index 157786ccb..3b6ade562 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ func (api *API) remoteWrite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if api.remoteWriteHandler != nil {
 		api.remoteWriteHandler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	} else {
-		http.Error(w, "remote write receiver needs to be enabled with --enable-feature=remote-write-receiver", http.StatusNotFound)
+		http.Error(w, "remote write receiver needs to be enabled with --web.enable-remote-write-receiver", http.StatusNotFound)
 	}
 }