diff --git a/lib/jsonapi/resource.rb b/lib/jsonapi/resource.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/jsonapi/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/jsonapi/resource.rb
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ module JSONAPI
       def model_name(model, options = {})
         @_model_name = model.to_sym
 
-        model_hint(model: @_model_name, resource: self) unless options[:model_hint] == false
+        model_hint(model: @_model_name, resource: self) unless options[:add_model_hint] == false
       end
 
       def model_hint(model: _model_name, resource: _type)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/active_record.rb b/test/fixtures/active_record.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/active_record.rb
+++ b/test/fixtures/active_record.rb
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ module Legacy
 end
 
 class FlatPostResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-  model_name "Legacy::FlatPost", model_hint: false
+  model_name "Legacy::FlatPost", add_model_hint: false
 
   model_hint model: "Legacy::FlatPost", resource: FlatPostResource
Rename option to skip model_hints for model_name method