diff --git a/CMake/FindGSS.cmake b/CMake/FindGSS.cmake
index 283aeefba9..33d48f40ad 100644
--- a/CMake/FindGSS.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindGSS.cmake
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
 #
 # Input variables:
 #
-# - `GSS_ROOT_DIR`:        Absolute path to the root installation of GSS. (also supported as environment)
+# - `GSS_ROOT_DIR`: Absolute path to the root installation of GSS. (also supported as environment)
 #
 # Defines:
 #
-# - `GSS_FOUND`:           System has a GSS library.
-# - `GSS_VERSION`:         This is set to version advertised by pkg-config or read from manifest.
-#                          In case the library is found but no version info available it is set to "unknown"
-# - `CURL::gss`:           GSS library target.
-#   - `CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR`:  Custom property. "GNU" or "MIT" if detected.
+# - `GSS_FOUND`:    System has a GSS library.
+# - `GSS_VERSION`:  This is set to version advertised by pkg-config or read from manifest.
+#                   In case the library is found but no version info available it is set to "unknown"
+# - `CURL::gss`:    GSS library target.
+#   - `INTERFACE_CURL_GSS_FLAVOR`: Custom property. "GNU" or "MIT" if detected.
 
 set(_gnu_modname "gss")
 set(_mit_modname "mit-krb5-gssapi")
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ if(GSS_FOUND)
   if(NOT TARGET CURL::gss)
     add_library(CURL::gss INTERFACE IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(CURL::gss PROPERTIES
-      INTERFACE_CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR "${_gss_flavour}"
+      INTERFACE_CURL_GSS_FLAVOR "${_gss_flavour}"
       INTERFACE_LIBCURL_PC_MODULES "${_gss_pc_requires}"
       INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${_gss_CFLAGS}"
       INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_gss_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f17a2b6810..a623fbf5c4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ if(CURL_USE_GSSAPI)
   if(GSS_FOUND)
     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS CURL::gss)
 
-    get_target_property(_gss_flavour CURL::gss INTERFACE_CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR)
+    get_target_property(_gss_flavour CURL::gss INTERFACE_CURL_GSS_FLAVOR)
     if(_gss_flavour STREQUAL "GNU")
       set(HAVE_GSSGNU 1)
     elseif(GSS_VERSION)  # MIT