diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 7b288b53..a3c9a65b 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Release date: unreleased
 
 ### Added
 
-* text predicates and matchers (`has_text?`, `has_content?`, `assert_text`, etc) now support a `collapse_ws` option
+* text predicates and matchers (`has_text?`, `has_content?`, `assert_text`, etc) now support a `normalize_ws` option
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb b/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb
index 91d6c86d..4ed2c5bd 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ module Capybara
       #     @option options [Range]   :between (nil)   Range of times that is expected to contain number of times text occurs
       #     @option options [Numeric] :wait (Capybara.default_max_wait_time)      Maximum time that Capybara will wait for text to eq/match given string/regexp argument
       #     @option options [Boolean] :exact (Capybara.exact_text) Whether text must be an exact match or just substring
-      #     @option options [Boolean] :collapse_ws (false) When true replace all whitespace with standard spaces and collapse consecutive whitespace to a single space
+      #     @option options [Boolean] :nomalize_ws (false) When true replace all whitespace with standard spaces and collapse consecutive whitespace to a single space
       #   @overload $0(text, **options)
       #     @param [String, Regexp] text               The string/regexp to check for. If it's a string, text is expected to include it. If it's a regexp, text is expected to match it.
       #     @option options [Integer] :count (nil)     Number of times the text is expected to occur
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ module Capybara
       #     @option options [Range]   :between (nil)   Range of times that is expected to contain number of times text occurs
       #     @option options [Numeric] :wait (Capybara.default_max_wait_time)      Maximum time that Capybara will wait for text to eq/match given string/regexp argument
       #     @option options [Boolean] :exact (Capybara.exact_text) Whether text must be an exact match or just substring
-      #     @option options [Boolean] :collapse_ws (false) When true replace all whitespace with standard spaces and collapse consecutive whitespace to a single space
+      #     @option options [Boolean] :normalize_ws (false) When true replace all whitespace with standard spaces and collapse consecutive whitespace to a single space
       # @raise [Capybara::ExpectationNotMet] if the assertion hasn't succeeded during wait time
       # @return [true]
       #
diff --git a/lib/capybara/queries/text_query.rb b/lib/capybara/queries/text_query.rb
index 6df01f8e..c5938cf8 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/queries/text_query.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/queries/text_query.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module Capybara
       def resolve_for(node)
         @node = node
         @actual_text = text(node, @type)
-        @actual_text.gsub!(/[[:space:]]+/, ' ').strip! if options[:collapse_ws]
+        @actual_text.gsub!(/[[:space:]]+/, ' ').strip! if options[:normalize_ws]
         @count = @actual_text.scan(@search_regexp).size
       end
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module Capybara
       end
 
       def valid_keys
-        COUNT_KEYS + %i[wait exact collapse_ws]
+        COUNT_KEYS + %i[wait exact normalize_ws]
       end
 
       def check_visible_text?
diff --git a/lib/capybara/spec/session/assert_text_spec.rb b/lib/capybara/spec/session/assert_text_spec.rb
index d92e81b7..c9ab2f99 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/spec/session/assert_text_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/spec/session/assert_text_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#assert_text' do
 
   it 'should support collapsing whitespace' do
     @session.visit('/with_html')
-    expect(@session.assert_text('text with whitespace', collapse_ws: true)).to eq(true)
+    expect(@session.assert_text('text with whitespace', normalize_ws: true)).to eq(true)
   end
 
   it 'should take scopes into account' do
diff --git a/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_text_spec.rb b/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_text_spec.rb
index 105e1dbd..7c48dece 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_text_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_text_spec.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#has_text?' do
 
   it 'should search whitespace collapsed text' do
     @session.visit('/with_html')
-    expect(@session).to have_text('text with whitespace', collapse_ws: true)
+    expect(@session).to have_text('text with whitespace', normalize_ws: true)
   end
 
   it 'should be false if the given text is not on the page' do