diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index c8e0f9131..8aeb09d86 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ has outdated libraries that do not build with Tenacity.
   * **MIDI** (ON|OFF): MIDI support. Requires PortMidi and PortSMF.
   * **ID3TAG** (ON|OFF): ID3 tag support for MP3 files. Requires libid3tag.
   * **MP3_DECODING** (ON|OFF): MP3 decoding support. Requires libmad.
-  * **MP2** (ON|OFF): MP2 codec support. Requires Twolame library.
+  * **MP2_ENCODING** (ON|OFF): MP2 encoding support. Requires Twolame library.
   * **OGG** (ON|OFF): Ogg container format support. Requires libogg.
   * **VORBIS** (ON|OFF): Vorbis codec support. Requires libvorbis.
   * **FLAC** (ON|OFF): FLAC codec support. Requires libflac and libflac++ C++
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4347bfd9b..2c3d7d387 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -589,8 +589,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 find_package(libtwolame)
-cmake_dependent_option(MP2 "MP2 support with Twolame" ON "libtwolame_FOUND" OFF)
-if(MP2)
+cmake_dependent_option(MP2_ENCODING "MP2 support with Twolame" ON "libtwolame_FOUND" OFF)
+if(MP2_ENCODING)
     set(USE_LIBTWOLAME ON)
     message(STATUS "MP2 encoding support enabled.")
 else()