diff --git a/Kconfig.zephyr b/Kconfig.zephyr
index 9821e2067d9..3b2fc777805 100644
--- a/Kconfig.zephyr
+++ b/Kconfig.zephyr
@@ -363,11 +363,12 @@ config LEGACY_DEVICETREE_MACROS
 	  Zephyr 2.2 and previous versions, rather than the devicetree.h
 	  API introduced during the Zephyr 2.3 development cycle.
 
-config LEGACY_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES
-	bool "Allow the use of the legacy zephyr integer types"
+config DEPRECATED_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES
+	bool "Allow the use of the deprecated zephyr integer types"
 	help
-	  Allows the use of the legacy Zephyr integer typedefs defined in
-	  Zephyr 2.3 and previous versions.
+	  Allows the use of the deprecated Zephyr integer typedefs defined in
+	  Zephyr 2.3 and previous versions.  These types are:
+	  u8_t, u16_t, u32_t, u64_t, s8_t, s16_t, s32_t, and s64_t.
 
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diff --git a/doc/releases/release-notes-2.4.rst b/doc/releases/release-notes-2.4.rst
index 2f5c496cea7..2996703ed76 100644
--- a/doc/releases/release-notes-2.4.rst
+++ b/doc/releases/release-notes-2.4.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr RTOS version 2.4.0.
 Major enhancements with this release include:
 
 * Moved to using C99 integer types and deprecate Zephyr integer types.  The
-  Zephyr types can be enabled by Kconfig LEGACY_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES option.
+  Zephyr types can be enabled by Kconfig DEPRECATED_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES option.
 
 The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ API Changes
 ***********
 
 * Moved to using C99 integer types and deprecate Zephyr integer types.  The
-  Zephyr types can be enabled by Kconfig LEGACY_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES option.
+  Zephyr types can be enabled by Kconfig DEPRECATED_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES option.
 
 Deprecated in this release
 ==========================
diff --git a/include/zephyr/types.h b/include/zephyr/types.h
index bd97c8e9387..1c199532111 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/types.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/types.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LEGACY_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEPRECATED_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES
 
 typedef signed char         s8_t;
 typedef signed short        s16_t;
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/inttype/prj.conf b/tests/deprecated/inttype/prj.conf
index b230bb0ce6e..a7bfcafe58d 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated/inttype/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/deprecated/inttype/prj.conf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-CONFIG_LEGACY_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES=y
+CONFIG_DEPRECATED_ZEPHYR_INT_TYPES=y