diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index 140e53724b..aaff332f68 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ olx.format.WriteOptions.prototype.decimals;
 /**
  * @typedef {{defaultDataProjection: ol.ProjectionLike,
  *     geometryName: (string|undefined),
- *     readGeometryNameFromGeoJSON: (boolean|undefined),
+ *     extractGeometryName: (boolean|undefined),
  *     featureProjection: ol.ProjectionLike}}
  */
 olx.format.GeoJSONOptions;
@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ olx.format.GeoJSONOptions.prototype.geometryName;
  * @type {boolean|undefined}
  * @api
  */
-olx.format.GeoJSONOptions.prototype.readGeometryNameFromGeoJSON;
+olx.format.GeoJSONOptions.prototype.extractGeometryName;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/ol/format/geojson.js b/src/ol/format/geojson.js
index ad053e1de8..2328f54255 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/geojson.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/geojson.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ol.format.GeoJSON = function(opt_options) {
    * @type {boolean|undefined}
    * @private
    */
-  this.readGeometryNameFromGeoJSON_ = options.readGeometryNameFromGeoJSON;
+  this.extractGeometryName_ = options.extractGeometryName;
 
 };
 ol.inherits(ol.format.GeoJSON, ol.format.JSONFeature);
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ ol.format.GeoJSON.prototype.readFeatureFromObject = function(
   var feature = new ol.Feature();
   if (this.geometryName_) {
     feature.setGeometryName(this.geometryName_);
-  } else if (this.readGeometryNameFromGeoJSON_ && geoJSONFeature.geometry_name !== undefined) {
+  } else if (this.extractGeometryName_ && geoJSONFeature.geometry_name !== undefined) {
     feature.setGeometryName(geoJSONFeature.geometry_name);
   }
   feature.setGeometry(geometry);