diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3171146..934f3c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ app.config["MYSQL_PASSWORD"] = "password"
 app.config["MYSQL_DB"] = "database"
 # Extra configs, optional:
 app.config["MYSQL_CURSORCLASS"] = "DictCursor"
-app.config["MYSQL_EXTRA_KWARGS"] = {"ssl": {"ca": "/path/to/ca-file"}}
+app.config["MYSQL_CUSTOM_OPTIONS"] = {"ssl": {"ca": "/path/to/ca-file"}}  # https://mysqlclient.readthedocs.io/user_guide.html#functions-and-attributes
 
 mysql = MySQL(app)
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index c144718..014e817 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Next, add a :class:`~flask_mysqldb.MySQL` instance to your code:
       app.config["MYSQL_DB"] = "database"
       # Extra configs, optional:
       app.config["MYSQL_CURSORCLASS"] = "DictCursor"
-      app.config["MYSQL_EXTRA_KWARGS"] = {"ssl": {"ca": "/path/to/ca-file"}}
+      app.config["MYSQL_CUSTOM_OPTIONS"] = {"ssl": {"ca": "/path/to/ca-file"}}  # https://mysqlclient.readthedocs.io/user_guide.html#functions-and-attributes
 
       mysql = MySQL(app)
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ directives:
 ``MYSQL_SQL_MODE``           If present, the session SQL mode will be set to the given string.
 ``MYSQL_CURSORCLASS``        If present, the cursor class will be set to the given string.
 ``MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT``         If enabled, will use the autocommit feature of MySQL. Default: False
-``MYSQL_EXTRA_KWARGS``       Use this to pass any extra directives that are not defined here. Default: None
+``MYSQL_CUSTOM_OPTIONS``     ``dict`` of options you want to set in this format: {option: value}. See all available option `here <# https://mysqlclient.readthedocs.io/user_guide.html#functions-and-attributes>`_. Default: ``None``
 ============================ ===================================================
 
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Changes:
 - 1.0.0: February 13, 2022
 
   - Added option for autocommit. Thanks to `@shaunpud <https://github.com/shaunpud>`_ on GitHub.
-  - Added option to pass any extra configuration to mysqlclient.
+  - Added option to pass any extra configuration to mysqlclient with MYSQL_CUSTOM_OPTIONS.
 
 - 0.2.0: September 5, 2015
 
diff --git a/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py b/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py
index 9c9666f..ee11dee 100644
--- a/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_mysqldb/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def init_app(self, app):
         app.config.setdefault("MYSQL_SQL_MODE", None)
         app.config.setdefault("MYSQL_CURSORCLASS", None)
         app.config.setdefault("MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT", False)
-        app.config.setdefault("MYSQL_EXTRA_KWARGS", None)
+        app.config.setdefault("MYSQL_CUSTOM_OPTIONS", None)
 
         if hasattr(app, "teardown_appcontext"):
             app.teardown_appcontext(self.teardown)
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def connect(self):
         if current_app.config["MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT"]:
             kwargs["autocommit"] = current_app.config["MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT"]
 
-        if current_app.config["MYSQL_EXTRA_KWARGS"]:
-            kwargs.update(current_app.config["MYSQL_EXTRA_KWARGS"])
+        if current_app.config["MYSQL_CUSTOM_OPTIONS"]:
+            kwargs.update(current_app.config["MYSQL_CUSTOM_OPTIONS"])
 
         return MySQLdb.connect(**kwargs)