diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
index dba772259f..a704139255 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
@@ -301,9 +301,10 @@ config_data! {
         /// Internal config, path to proc-macro server executable (typically,
         /// this is rust-analyzer itself, but we override this in tests).
         procMacro_server: Option<PathBuf>          = "null",
-        /// Replaces the proc-macro expanders for the named proc-macros in the named crates with
-        /// an identity expander that outputs the input again.
-        procMacro_dummies: FxHashMap<Box<str>, Box<[Box<str>]>>          = "{}",
+        /// These proc-macros will be ignored when trying to expand them.
+        ///
+        /// This config takes a map of crate names with the exported proc-macro names to ignore as values.
+        procMacro_ignored: FxHashMap<Box<str>, Box<[Box<str>]>>          = "{}",
 
         /// Command to be executed instead of 'cargo' for runnables.
         runnables_overrideCargo: Option<String> = "null",
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ impl Config {
         Some((path, vec!["proc-macro".into()]))
     }
     pub fn dummy_replacements(&self) -> &FxHashMap<Box<str>, Box<[Box<str>]>> {
-        &self.data.procMacro_dummies
+        &self.data.procMacro_ignored
     }
     pub fn expand_proc_attr_macros(&self) -> bool {
         self.data.experimental_procAttrMacros
diff --git a/docs/user/generated_config.adoc b/docs/user/generated_config.adoc
index 0b9abadf98..f46dda2351 100644
--- a/docs/user/generated_config.adoc
+++ b/docs/user/generated_config.adoc
@@ -455,11 +455,12 @@ Enable support for procedural macros, implies `#rust-analyzer.cargo.runBuildScri
 Internal config, path to proc-macro server executable (typically,
 this is rust-analyzer itself, but we override this in tests).
 --
-[[rust-analyzer.procMacro.dummies]]rust-analyzer.procMacro.dummies (default: `{}`)::
+[[rust-analyzer.procMacro.ignored]]rust-analyzer.procMacro.ignored (default: `{}`)::
 +
 --
-Replaces the proc-macro expanders for the named proc-macros in the named crates with
-an identity expander that outputs the input again.
+These proc-macros will be ignored when trying to expand them.
+
+This config takes a map of crate names with the exported proc-macro names to ignore as values.
 --
 [[rust-analyzer.runnables.overrideCargo]]rust-analyzer.runnables.overrideCargo (default: `null`)::
 +
diff --git a/editors/code/package.json b/editors/code/package.json
index e7c958050e..d418868474 100644
--- a/editors/code/package.json
+++ b/editors/code/package.json
@@ -880,8 +880,8 @@
                         "string"
                     ]
                 },
-                "rust-analyzer.procMacro.dummies": {
-                    "markdownDescription": "Replaces the proc-macro expanders for the named proc-macros in the named crates with\nan identity expander that outputs the input again.",
+                "rust-analyzer.procMacro.ignored": {
+                    "markdownDescription": "These proc-macros will be ignored when trying to expand them.\n\nThis config takes a map of crate names with the exported proc-macro names to ignore as values.",
                     "default": {},
                     "type": "object"
                 },