diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7be5d6b..501ee96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 - Added `async` to `callbacks` option
 - Added `wordnet` option
+- Added `edit_distance` option to eventually replace `distance` option
+- Catch misspelling of `misspellings` option
 
 ## 0.8.1
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf51c9d..2fa7fc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Product.search "zuchini", misspellings: false # no zucchini
 You can also change the edit distance with:
 
 ```ruby
-Product.search "zucini", misspellings: {distance: 2} # zucchini
+Product.search "zucini", misspellings: {edit_distance: 2} # zucchini
 ```
 
 ### Indexing
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index 54c237f..a791028 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -102,11 +102,12 @@ module Searchkick
                   shared_options.merge(boost: 10 * factor, analyzer: "searchkick_search"),
                   shared_options.merge(boost: 10 * factor, analyzer: "searchkick_search2")
                 ]
-                if options[:misspellings] != false
-                  distance = (options[:misspellings].is_a?(Hash) && options[:misspellings][:distance]) || 1
+                misspellings = options.has_key?(:misspellings) ? options[:misspellings] : options[:mispellings] # why not?
+                if misspellings != false
+                  edit_distance = (misspellings.is_a?(Hash) && (misspellings[:edit_distance] || misspellings[:distance])) || 1
                   qs.concat [
-                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search"),
-                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search2")
+                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: edit_distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search"),
+                    shared_options.merge(fuzziness: edit_distance, max_expansions: 3, analyzer: "searchkick_search2")
                   ]
                 end
               elsif field.end_with?(".exact")
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