diff --git a/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py b/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py
index 8f280547e..bef97ec46 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py
+++ b/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PatternType = Dict[str, Union[str, List[Dict[str, Any]]]]
     assigns=["doc.ents", "token.ent_type", "token.ent_iob"],
     default_config={
         "phrase_matcher_attr": None,
-        "validation": False,
+        "validate": False,
         "overwrite_ents": False,
         "ent_id_sep": DEFAULT_ENT_ID_SEP,
     },
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def make_entity_ruler(
     nlp: Language,
     name: str,
     phrase_matcher_attr: Optional[Union[int, str]],
-    validation: bool,
+    validate: bool,
     overwrite_ents: bool,
     ent_id_sep: str,
 ):
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def make_entity_ruler(
         nlp,
         name,
         phrase_matcher_attr=phrase_matcher_attr,
-        validate=validation,
+        validate=validate,
         overwrite_ents=overwrite_ents,
         ent_id_sep=ent_id_sep,
     )
diff --git a/website/docs/api/attributeruler.md b/website/docs/api/attributeruler.md
index 31c9ed04f..7c4655bc5 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/attributeruler.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/attributeruler.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ how the component should be configured. You can override its settings via the
 >
 > ```python
 > config = {
->    "validation": True,
 >    "pattern_dicts": None,
+>    "validate": True,
 > }
 > nlp.add_pipe("attribute_ruler", config=config)
 > ```
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ how the component should be configured. You can override its settings via the
 | Setting         | Type             | Description                                                                                                                             | Default |
 | --------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
 | `pattern_dicts` | `Iterable[dict]` | A list of pattern dicts with the keys as the arguments to [`AttributeRuler.add`](#add) (`patterns`/`attrs`/`index`) to add as patterns. | `None`  |
-| `validation`    | bool             | Whether patterns should be validated, passed to `Matcher` as `validate`.                                                                | `False` |
+| `validate`      | bool             | Whether patterns should be validated (passed to the `Matcher`).                                                                         | `False` |
 
 ```python
 https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/blob/develop/spacy/pipeline/attributeruler.py
diff --git a/website/docs/api/entityruler.md b/website/docs/api/entityruler.md
index 0b4369ec4..1b98a659d 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/entityruler.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/entityruler.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ how the component should be configured. You can override its settings via the
 > ```python
 > config = {
 >    "phrase_matcher_attr": None,
->    "validation": True,
+>    "validate": True,
 >    "overwrite_ents": False,
 >    "ent_id_sep": "||",
 > }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ how the component should be configured. You can override its settings via the
 | Setting               | Type | Description                                                                                                                                 | Default |
 | --------------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
 | `phrase_matcher_attr` | str  | Optional attribute name match on for the internal [`PhraseMatcher`](/api/phrasematcher), e.g. `LOWER` to match on the lowercase token text. | `None`  |
-| `validation`          | bool | Whether patterns should be validated, passed to Matcher and PhraseMatcher as `validate`.                                                    | `False` |
+| `validate`            | bool | Whether patterns should be validated (passed to the `Matcher` and `PhraseMatcher`).                                                         | `False` |
 | `overwrite_ents`      | bool | If existing entities are present, e.g. entities added by the model, overwrite them by matches if necessary.                                 | `False` |
 | `ent_id_sep`          | str  | Separator used internally for entity IDs.                                                                                                   | `"||"`  |