diff --git a/docs/topics/autothrottle.rst b/docs/topics/autothrottle.rst
index 48d742f63..cfd6440f2 100644
--- a/docs/topics/autothrottle.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/autothrottle.rst
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ effect, but there are some important differences:
 
 AutoThrottle doesn't have these issues.
 
-.. reqmeta:: dont_throttle
+.. reqmeta:: autothrottle_dont_adjust_delay
 
 Disabling the throttling of a request
 =====================================
 
-To disable AutoThrottle for a specific request, set the ``dont_throttle``
-request metadata key to ``True``:
+To disable AutoThrottle for a specific request, set the
+``autothrottle_dont_adjust_delay`` request metadata key to ``True``:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
     from scrapy import Request
 
-    Request("https://example.com", meta={"dont_throttle": True})
+    Request("https://example.com", meta={"autothrottle_dont_adjust_delay": True})
 
 Note, however, that AutoThrottle still determines the starting delay of every
 slot by setting the ``download_delay`` attribute on the running spider. You
diff --git a/docs/topics/request-response.rst b/docs/topics/request-response.rst
index 18b5cbdd0..7c15b67e8 100644
--- a/docs/topics/request-response.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/request-response.rst
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ are some special keys recognized by Scrapy and its built-in extensions.
 
 Those are:
 
+* :reqmeta:`autothrottle_dont_adjust_delay`
 * :reqmeta:`bindaddress`
 * :reqmeta:`cookiejar`
 * :reqmeta:`dont_cache`
@@ -675,7 +676,6 @@ Those are:
 * :reqmeta:`dont_obey_robotstxt`
 * :reqmeta:`dont_redirect`
 * :reqmeta:`dont_retry`
-* :reqmeta:`dont_throttle`
 * :reqmeta:`download_fail_on_dataloss`
 * :reqmeta:`download_latency`
 * :reqmeta:`download_maxsize`
diff --git a/scrapy/extensions/throttle.py b/scrapy/extensions/throttle.py
index fbac48b1e..cdb0671ae 100644
--- a/scrapy/extensions/throttle.py
+++ b/scrapy/extensions/throttle.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class AutoThrottle:
         if (
             latency is None
             or slot is None
-            or request.meta.get("dont_throttle", False) is True
+            or request.meta.get("autothrottle_dont_adjust_delay", False) is True
         ):
             return
 
diff --git a/tests/test_extension_throttle.py b/tests/test_extension_throttle.py
index 602b48e78..f2c9dc063 100644
--- a/tests/test_extension_throttle.py
+++ b/tests/test_extension_throttle.py
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ def test_startdelay_definition(min_spider, min_setting, start_setting, expected)
         ({"download_slot": "foo"}, "foo"),
         ({"download_latency": 1.0, "download_slot": "foo"}, None),
         (
-            {"download_latency": 1.0, "download_slot": "foo", "dont_throttle": True},
+            {
+                "download_latency": 1.0,
+                "download_slot": "foo",
+                "autothrottle_dont_adjust_delay": True,
+            },
             "foo",
         ),
     ),