diff --git a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
index 7308e2733..0e1d0d710 100644
--- a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Global Settings
   If you change the value, don't forget to rebuild instance's environment
   (:ref:`utils/brand.env <make buildenv>`)
 
-``port`` & ``bind_address``: :ref:`buildenv SEARX_PORT & SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS <make buildenv>`
+``port`` & ``bind_address``: :ref:`buildenv SEARXNG_PORT & SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS <make buildenv>`
   Port number and *bind address* of the SearXNG web application if you run it
   directly using ``python searx/webapp.py``.  Doesn't apply to SearXNG running on
   Apache or Nginx.
diff --git a/docs/dev/makefile.rst b/docs/dev/makefile.rst
index 77c0dddde..09e37502e 100644
--- a/docs/dev/makefile.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/makefile.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ from the YAML configuration:
 - ``SEARX_URL`` from :ref:`server.base_url <settings global server>` (aka
   ``PUBLIC_URL``)
 - ``SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS`` from :ref:`server.bind_address <settings global server>`
-- ``SEARX_PORT`` from :ref:`server.port <settings global server>`
+- ``SEARXNG_PORT`` from :ref:`server.port <settings global server>`
 
 .. _make run:
 
diff --git a/utils/brand.env b/utils/brand.env
index bd1629175..d63e686d4 100644
--- a/utils/brand.env
+++ b/utils/brand.env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export SEARX_URL=''
-export SEARX_PORT='8888'
+export SEARXNG_PORT='8888'
 export SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS='127.0.0.1'
 export GIT_URL='https://github.com/searxng/searxng'
 export GIT_BRANCH='master'
diff --git a/utils/build_env.py b/utils/build_env.py
index 6aa1f95f6..750f29f1c 100644
--- a/utils/build_env.py
+++ b/utils/build_env.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def _env(*arg, **kwargs):
 name_val = [
 
     ('SEARX_URL'              , 'server.base_url'),
-    ('SEARX_PORT'             , 'server.port'),
+    ('SEARXNG_PORT'             , 'server.port'),
     ('SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS'     , 'server.bind_address'),
 
 ]
diff --git a/utils/filtron.sh b/utils/filtron.sh
index 83f492407..bb2a8d742 100755
--- a/utils/filtron.sh
+++ b/utils/filtron.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ FILTRON_LISTEN="${FILTRON_LISTEN:-127.0.0.1:4004}"
 # server.bind_address.  The default of FILTRON_TARGET is taken from the YAML
 # configuration, do not change this value without reinstalling the entire
 # SearXNG suite including filtron & morty.
-FILTRON_TARGET="${SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS}:${SEARX_PORT}"
+FILTRON_TARGET="${SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS}:${SEARXNG_PORT}"
 
 SERVICE_NAME="filtron"
 SERVICE_USER="${SERVICE_USER:-${SERVICE_NAME}}"
diff --git a/utils/searx.sh b/utils/searx.sh
index a2d42c27b..d7838c5fc 100755
--- a/utils/searx.sh
+++ b/utils/searx.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ source "${REPO_ROOT}/utils/lib_install.sh"
 # config
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-SEARX_INTERNAL_HTTP="${SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS}:${SEARX_PORT}"
+SEARX_INTERNAL_HTTP="${SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS}:${SEARXNG_PORT}"
 
 SEARX_URL_PATH="${SEARX_URL_PATH:-$(echo "${PUBLIC_URL}" \
 | sed -e 's,^.*://[^/]*\(/.*\),\1,g')}"