diff --git a/man/custom-entities.ent.in b/man/custom-entities.ent.in
index a1dbf7133f..778d6e97e5 100644
--- a/man/custom-entities.ent.in
+++ b/man/custom-entities.ent.in
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 <!ENTITY systemenvgeneratordir @SYSTEM_ENV_GENERATOR_PATH@>
 <!ENTITY userenvgeneratordir @USER_ENV_GENERATOR_PATH@>
 <!ENTITY CERTIFICATE_ROOT @CERTIFICATE_ROOT@>
-<!ENTITY MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT @MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT_ON_OFF@>
+<!ENTITY MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT @MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT_YES_NO@>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 30b7f1bafa..1dfb84c94d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('VENDOR_KEYRING_PATH',                        join_paths(rootlib
 conf.set_quoted('USER_KEYRING_PATH',                          join_paths(pkgsysconfdir, 'import-pubring.gpg'))
 conf.set_quoted('DOCUMENT_ROOT',                              join_paths(pkgdatadir, 'gatewayd'))
 conf.set('MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT',                         memory_accounting_default ? 'true' : 'false')
-conf.set_quoted('MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT_ON_OFF',           memory_accounting_default ? 'on' : 'off')
+conf.set_quoted('MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT_YES_NO',           memory_accounting_default ? 'yes' : 'no')
 
 conf.set_quoted('ABS_BUILD_DIR',                              meson.build_root())
 conf.set_quoted('ABS_SRC_DIR',                                meson.source_root())