diff --git a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js
index 754d1b8516..76e41fe4b8 100644
--- a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js
+++ b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default class ManageEventIndex extends React.Component {
             roomCount: 0,
             currentRoom: null,
             eventIndexingEnabled:
-                SettingsStore.getValueAt(SettingLevel.DEVICE, 'enableCrawling'),
+                SettingsStore.getValueAt(SettingLevel.DEVICE, 'enableEventIndexing'),
             crawlerSleepTime:
                 SettingsStore.getValueAt(SettingLevel.DEVICE, 'crawlerSleepTime'),
         };
diff --git a/src/settings/Settings.js b/src/settings/Settings.js
index 817adcfc4d..68b26dbae1 100644
--- a/src/settings/Settings.js
+++ b/src/settings/Settings.js
@@ -491,9 +491,9 @@ export const SETTINGS = {
         displayName: _td("How long should the crawler wait between requests"),
         default: 3000,
     },
-    "enableCrawling": {
+    "enableEventIndexing": {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_DEVICE_ONLY_SETTINGS,
-        displayName: _td("How long should the crawler wait between requests"),
+        displayName: _td("Enable message search in encrypted rooms"),
         default: true,
     },
 };