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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ New language features
 
   * Multi-line comments ([#69], [#6128]): `#= .... =#`
 
-  * `--bounds-check=yes|no` compiler option
+  * `--check-bounds=yes|no` compiler option
 
   * Unicode identifiers are normalized (NFC) so that different encodings
     of equivalent strings are treated as the same identifier ([#5462]).