diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c5a250abb9..40e23191de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ git-annex (7.20200226) upstream; urgency=high
     (Some debugging junk had crept in.)
   * Bugfix to getting content from an export remote with -J, when the
     export database was not yet populated.
+  * Bugfix: export --tracking (a deprecated option) set 
+    annex-annex-tracking-branch, instead of annex-tracking-branch.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:18:16 -0400
 
diff --git a/Command/Export.hs b/Command/Export.hs
index f7e66d9c69..aceb2fe545 100644
--- a/Command/Export.hs
+++ b/Command/Export.hs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ seek o = do
 	
 	-- handle deprecated option
 	when (exportTracking o) $
-		setConfig (remoteConfig r "annex-tracking-branch")
+		setConfig (remoteConfig r "tracking-branch")
 			(fromRef $ exportTreeish o)
 	
 	tree <- filterPreferredContent r =<<