diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 487bb2ab3f..24deb0d1d7 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
             By enabling DHCPv6 support explicitly, the DHCPv6 client will
             be started regardless of the presence of routers on the link,
             or what flags the routers pass. See
-            <literal>IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements=</literal>.</para>
+            <literal>IPv6AcceptRA=</literal>.</para>
 
             <para>Furthermore, note that by default the domain name
             specified through DHCP is not used for name resolution.
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
           <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
-          <term><varname>IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements=</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname></term>
           <listitem><para>Enable or disable IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) reception support for the interface.  Takes
           a boolean parameter. If true, RAs are accepted; if false, RAs are ignored, independently of the local
           forwarding state. When not set, the kernel default is used, and RAs are accepted only when local forwarding
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
           the relevant flags are set in the RA data, or if no routers are found on the link.</para>
 
           <para>Further settings for the IPv6 RA support may be configured in the
-          <literal>[IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements]</literal> section, see below.</para>
+          <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section, see below.</para>
 
           <para>Also see <ulink
           url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink> in the kernel
@@ -895,9 +895,9 @@
     </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
-    <title>[IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements] Section Options</title>
-      <para>The <literal>[IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements]</literal> section configures the IPv6 Router Advertisement
-      (RA) client, if it is enabled with the <varname>IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements=</varname> setting described
+    <title>[IPv6AcceptRA] Section Options</title>
+      <para>The <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section configures the IPv6 Router Advertisement
+      (RA) client, if it is enabled with the <varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname> setting described
       above:</para>
 
       <variablelist class='network-directives'>
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf b/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
index c722db55c7..d9f5b95cdf 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Network.NTP,                            config_parse_strv,
 Network.IPForward,                      config_parse_address_family_boolean_with_kernel,0,                             offsetof(Network, ip_forward)
 Network.IPMasquerade,                   config_parse_bool,                              0,                             offsetof(Network, ip_masquerade)
 Network.IPv6PrivacyExtensions,          config_parse_ipv6_privacy_extensions,           0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_privacy_extensions)
+Network.IPv6AcceptRA,                   config_parse_tristate,                          0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_accept_ra)
+/* legacy alias for the above */
 Network.IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements, config_parse_tristate,                          0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_accept_ra)
 Network.IPv6DuplicateAddressDetection,  config_parse_int,                               0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_dad_transmits)
 Network.IPv6HopLimit,                   config_parse_int,                               0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_hop_limit)
@@ -89,8 +91,8 @@ DHCP.DUIDRawData,                       config_parse_duid_rawdata,
 DHCP.RouteMetric,                       config_parse_unsigned,                          0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp_route_metric)
 DHCP.UseTimezone,                       config_parse_bool,                              0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp_use_timezone)
 DHCP.IAID,                              config_parse_iaid,                              0,                             offsetof(Network, iaid)
-IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements.UseDNS   config_parse_bool,                              0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_accept_ra_use_dns)
-IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements.UseDomains config_parse_dhcp_use_domains,                0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_accept_ra_use_domains)
+IPv6AcceptRA.UseDNS,                    config_parse_bool,                              0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_accept_ra_use_dns)
+IPv6AcceptRA.UseDomains,                config_parse_dhcp_use_domains,                  0,                             offsetof(Network, ipv6_accept_ra_use_domains)
 DHCPServer.MaxLeaseTimeSec,             config_parse_sec,                               0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp_server_max_lease_time_usec)
 DHCPServer.DefaultLeaseTimeSec,         config_parse_sec,                               0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp_server_default_lease_time_usec)
 DHCPServer.EmitDNS,                     config_parse_bool,                              0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp_server_emit_dns)
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index e961db60a7..c03c0f0bed 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static int network_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
                          "DHCP\0"
                          "DHCPv4\0" /* compat */
                          "DHCPServer\0"
+                         "IPv6AcceptRA\0"
                          "Bridge\0"
                          "BridgeFDB\0",
                          config_item_perf_lookup, network_network_gperf_lookup,
diff --git a/test/networkd-test.py b/test/networkd-test.py
index f94224cce2..78da0a213a 100755
--- a/test/networkd-test.py
+++ b/test/networkd-test.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ DHCP=%s
     def test_coldplug_dhcp_yes_ip4_no_ra(self):
         # with disabling RA explicitly things should be fast
         self.do_test(coldplug=True, ipv6=False,
-                     extra_opts='IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements=False')
+                     extra_opts='IPv6AcceptRA=False')
 
     def test_coldplug_dhcp_ip4_only(self):
         # we have a 12s timeout on RA, so we need to wait longer
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ DHCP=%s
     def test_coldplug_dhcp_ip4_only_no_ra(self):
         # with disabling RA explicitly things should be fast
         self.do_test(coldplug=True, ipv6=False, dhcp_mode='ipv4',
-                     extra_opts='IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements=False')
+                     extra_opts='IPv6AcceptRA=False')
 
     def test_coldplug_dhcp_ip6(self):
         self.do_test(coldplug=True, ipv6=True)