diff --git a/.changeset/early-lemons-collect.md b/.changeset/early-lemons-collect.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8786c005fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-lemons-collect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+[breaking] rename prerender.pages config option to prerender.entries
diff --git a/documentation/docs/14-configuration.md b/documentation/docs/14-configuration.md
index e5d8db67b877..2c97793b72bc 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/14-configuration.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/14-configuration.md
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ const config = {
 		prerender: {
 			crawl: true,
 			enabled: true,
-			onError: 'fail',
-			pages: ['*']
+			entries: ['*'],
+			onError: 'fail'
 		},
 		router: true,
 		serviceWorker: {
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ See [Prerendering](#ssr-and-javascript-prerender). An object containing zero or
 
 - `crawl` — determines whether SvelteKit should find pages to prerender by following links from the seed page(s)
 - `enabled` — set to `false` to disable prerendering altogether
+- `entries` — an array of pages to prerender, or start crawling from (if `crawl: true`). The `*` string includes all non-dynamic routes (i.e. pages with no `[parameters]` )
 - `onError`
 
   - `'fail'` — (default) fails the build when a routing error is encountered when following a link
@@ -172,8 +173,6 @@ See [Prerendering](#ssr-and-javascript-prerender). An object containing zero or
     };
     ```
 
-- `pages` — an array of pages to prerender, or start crawling from (if `crawl: true`). The `*` string includes all non-dynamic routes (i.e. pages with no `[parameters]` )
-
 ### router
 
 Enables or disables the client-side [router](#ssr-and-javascript-router) app-wide.
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/prerender.js b/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/prerender.js
index 803f8cd910ce..486f80c3afc3 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/prerender.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/prerender.js
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export async function prerender({ cwd, out, log, config, build_data, fallback, a
 	}
 
 	if (config.kit.prerender.enabled) {
-		for (const entry of config.kit.prerender.pages) {
+		for (const entry of config.kit.prerender.entries) {
 			if (entry === '*') {
 				for (const entry of build_data.entries) {
 					await visit(entry, null);
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/test/index.js b/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/test/index.js
index d1b3cd94093a..9d43ffeff4f6 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/test/index.js
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ suite('prerender', async () => {
 			},
 			appDir: '_app',
 			prerender: {
-				pages: ['*'],
-				enabled: true
+				enabled: true,
+				entries: ['*']
 			}
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js b/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js
index 1cb28a5df05f..f110463fa9b2 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ test('fills in defaults', () => {
 			prerender: {
 				crawl: true,
 				enabled: true,
-				// TODO: remove this for the 1.0 release
+				entries: ['*'],
 				force: undefined,
 				onError: 'fail',
-				pages: ['*']
+				pages: undefined
 			},
 			router: true,
 			ssr: true,
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ test('fills in partial blanks', () => {
 			prerender: {
 				crawl: true,
 				enabled: true,
-				// TODO: remove this for the 1.0 release
+				entries: ['*'],
 				force: undefined,
 				onError: 'fail',
-				pages: ['*']
+				pages: undefined
 			},
 			router: true,
 			ssr: true,
@@ -257,16 +257,16 @@ test('fails if paths.assets has trailing slash', () => {
 	}, /^config\.kit\.paths\.assets option must not end with '\/'. See https:\/\/kit\.svelte\.dev\/docs#configuration-paths$/);
 });
 
-test('fails if prerender.pages are invalid', () => {
+test('fails if prerender.entries are invalid', () => {
 	assert.throws(() => {
 		validate_config({
 			kit: {
 				prerender: {
-					pages: ['foo']
+					entries: ['foo']
 				}
 			}
 		});
-	}, /^Each member of config\.kit.prerender.pages must be either '\*' or an absolute path beginning with '\/' — saw 'foo'$/);
+	}, /^Each member of config\.kit.prerender.entries must be either '\*' or an absolute path beginning with '\/' — saw 'foo'$/);
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js b/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js
index b9848a847e94..213064e42e45 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js
@@ -122,6 +122,21 @@ const options = object(
 			prerender: object({
 				crawl: boolean(true),
 				enabled: boolean(true),
+				entries: validate(['*'], (input, keypath) => {
+					if (!Array.isArray(input) || !input.every((page) => typeof page === 'string')) {
+						throw new Error(`${keypath} must be an array of strings`);
+					}
+
+					input.forEach((page) => {
+						if (page !== '*' && page[0] !== '/') {
+							throw new Error(
+								`Each member of ${keypath} must be either '*' or an absolute path beginning with '/' — saw '${page}'`
+							);
+						}
+					});
+
+					return input;
+				}),
 				// TODO: remove this for the 1.0 release
 				force: validate(undefined, (input, keypath) => {
 					if (typeof input !== undefined) {
@@ -141,20 +156,11 @@ const options = object(
 						`${keypath} should be either a custom function or one of "continue" or "fail"`
 					);
 				}),
-				pages: validate(['*'], (input, keypath) => {
-					if (!Array.isArray(input) || !input.every((page) => typeof page === 'string')) {
-						throw new Error(`${keypath} must be an array of strings`);
+				// TODO: remove this for the 1.0 release
+				pages: validate(undefined, (input, keypath) => {
+					if (typeof input !== undefined) {
+						throw new Error(`${keypath} has been renamed to \`entries\`.`);
 					}
-
-					input.forEach((page) => {
-						if (page !== '*' && page[0] !== '/') {
-							throw new Error(
-								`Each member of ${keypath} must be either '*' or an absolute path beginning with '/' — saw '${page}'`
-							);
-						}
-					});
-
-					return input;
 				})
 			}),
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/config/test/index.js b/packages/kit/src/core/config/test/index.js
index 726406fd95f8..3d7f7dfc9714 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/config/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/config/test/index.js
@@ -52,7 +52,14 @@ async function testLoadDefaultConfig(path) {
 				exclude: []
 			},
 			paths: { base: '', assets: '' },
-			prerender: { crawl: true, enabled: true, force: undefined, onError: 'fail', pages: ['*'] },
+			prerender: {
+				crawl: true,
+				enabled: true,
+				entries: ['*'],
+				force: undefined,
+				onError: 'fail',
+				pages: undefined
+			},
 			router: true,
 			ssr: true,
 			target: null,
diff --git a/packages/kit/types/config.d.ts b/packages/kit/types/config.d.ts
index b31a13e627ca..3ff95f46fbb2 100644
--- a/packages/kit/types/config.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/types/config.d.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ export interface Config {
 		prerender?: {
 			crawl?: boolean;
 			enabled?: boolean;
+			entries?: string[];
 			onError?: PrerenderOnErrorValue;
-			pages?: string[];
 		};
 		router?: boolean;
 		serviceWorker?: {