diff --git a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
index 209d02bc8..21720903d 100644
--- a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ EXTENSIONS_BASE = {
 }
 
 FEED_URI = None
-FEED_URI_ARGS = None # a function to extend uri arguments
+FEED_URI_PARAMS = None # a function to extend uri arguments
 FEED_FORMAT = 'jsonlines'
 FEED_STORE_EMPTY = False
 FEED_STORAGES = {}