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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/3538.doc.rst1
-rw-r--r--docs/userguide/development_mode.rst2
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diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 69769ae3..1021030e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Changes
``sdist``. This allows plugins and customization scripts to automatically
add required source files in the source distribution.
* #3414: Users can *temporarily* specify an environment variable
- ``SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURE=legacy-editable`` as a escape hatch for the
+ ``SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES=legacy-editable`` as a escape hatch for the
:pep:`660` behavior. This setting is **transitional** and may be removed in the
future.
* #3484: Added *transient* ``compat`` mode to editable installs.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3538.doc.rst b/changelog.d/3538.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff82dffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3538.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Corrected documentation on how to use the `legacy-editable` mode.
diff --git a/docs/userguide/development_mode.rst b/docs/userguide/development_mode.rst
index c911af53..a421999b 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/development_mode.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/development_mode.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ variable:
.. code-block::
- SETUPTOOLS_USE_FEATURE="legacy-editable"
+ SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES="legacy-editable"
This *may* cause the installer (e.g. ``pip``) to effectively run the "legacy"
installation command: ``python setup.py develop`` [#installer]_.