diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst
index 56d2d6dc4ab5f12..349b7c0b8bc6096 100644
--- a/Doc/using/configure.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst
@@ -292,7 +292,10 @@ General Options
 .. option:: --disable-gil
 
    Enables **experimental** support for running Python without the
-   :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL).
+   :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL): free threading build.
+
+   Define the ``Py_GIL_DISABLED`` macro and add ``"t"`` to
+   :data:`sys.abiflags`.
 
    See :pep:`703` "Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython".
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/utils.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/utils.py
index d4972ce4a50d2a1..41d9d955705ae4f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/utils.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def get_build_info():
 
     # --disable-gil
     if sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_GIL_DISABLED'):
-        build.append("nogil")
+        build.append("freethreading")
 
     if hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount'):
         # --with-pydebug
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index c22d73c231b46e4..1eea41f02b9176b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -796,8 +796,8 @@ def check_cflags_pgo():
     return any(option in cflags_nodist for option in pgo_options)
 
 
-Py_GIL_DISABLED = bool(sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_GIL_DISABLED'))
-if Py_GIL_DISABLED:
+FREE_THREADING = bool(sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_GIL_DISABLED'))
+if FREE_THREADING:
     _header = 'PHBBInP'
 else:
     _header = 'nP'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_misc.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_misc.py
index 3d86ae37190475e..543c23f90f09604 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_misc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_misc.py
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@ def testfunc(n, m):
         self.assertIn("_FOR_ITER_TIER_TWO", uops)
 
 
-@unittest.skipUnless(support.Py_GIL_DISABLED, 'need Py_GIL_DISABLED')
+@unittest.skipUnless(support.FREE_THREADING, 'need free threading')
 class TestPyThreadId(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_py_thread_id(self):
         # gh-112535: Test _Py_ThreadId(): make sure that thread identifiers
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cppext/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_cppext/__init__.py
index c6039bd17b06624..0f32c47452adfa4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cppext/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cppext/__init__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 # gh-110119: pip does not currently support 't' in the ABI flag use by
 # --disable-gil builds. Once it does, we can remove this skip.
-@unittest.skipIf(support.Py_GIL_DISABLED,
-                 'test does not work with --disable-gil')
+@unittest.skipIf(support.FREE_THREADING,
+                 'test does not work with free threading')
 @support.requires_subprocess()
 class TestCPPExt(unittest.TestCase):
     @support.requires_resource('cpu')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_windows.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_windows.py
index 8a9a8fffcd10d49..d7bf0622703d6c1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_windows.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_windows.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def test_module_not_found(self):
 class WindowsExtensionSuffixTests:
     def test_tagged_suffix(self):
         suffixes = self.machinery.EXTENSION_SUFFIXES
-        abi_flags = "t" if support.Py_GIL_DISABLED else ""
+        abi_flags = "t" if support.FREE_THREADING else ""
         ver = sys.version_info
         platform = re.sub('[^a-zA-Z0-9]', '_', get_platform())
         expected_tag = f".cp{ver.major}{ver.minor}{abi_flags}-{platform}.pyd"
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index db5ba16c4d97399..3d708611dffaa8d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ def test_pystats(self):
     @test.support.cpython_only
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(sys, 'abiflags'), 'need sys.abiflags')
     def test_disable_gil_abi(self):
-        self.assertEqual('t' in sys.abiflags, support.Py_GIL_DISABLED)
+        self.assertEqual('t' in sys.abiflags, support.FREE_THREADING)
 
 
 @test.support.cpython_only