diff --git a/dev/components/form/autocomplete.vue b/dev/components/form/autocomplete.vue
index e5d13fddac4..f030de3699a 100644
--- a/dev/components/form/autocomplete.vue
+++ b/dev/components/form/autocomplete.vue
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
         On desktop, Escape key closes the suggestions popover and you can navigate with keyboard arrow keys. Selection is made with either mouse/finger tap or by Enter key.
       </p>
 
-      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" @search="search" @selected="selected" :debounce="0">
+      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" @search="search" @selected="selected" :delay="0">
         <q-search v-model="terms" placeholder="Start typing a country name" />
       </q-autocomplete>
 
       <br>
 
       <p class="caption">Maximum of 2 results at a time</p>
-      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" @search="search" :max-results="2" @selected="selected" :debounce="0">
+      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" @search="search" :max-results="2" @selected="selected" :delay="0">
         <q-search v-model="terms" />
       </q-autocomplete>
 
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
       <br>
 
       <p class="caption">Static List</p>
-      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" :static-data="{field: 'value', list: countries}" @selected="selected" :debounce="0">
+      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" :static-data="{field: 'value', list: countries}" @selected="selected" :delay="0">
         <q-search v-model="terms" placeholder="Featuring static data" />
       </q-autocomplete>
 
       <br>
 
       <p class="caption">Delimiter between results</p>
-      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" delimiter @search="search" @selected="selected" :debounce="0">
+      <q-autocomplete v-model="terms" delimiter @search="search" @selected="selected" :delay="0">
         <q-search v-model="terms" />
       </q-autocomplete>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/vue-components/autocomplete/Autocomplete.vue b/src/vue-components/autocomplete/Autocomplete.vue
index 9733b0a44c1..76dbf37c402 100644
--- a/src/vue-components/autocomplete/Autocomplete.vue
+++ b/src/vue-components/autocomplete/Autocomplete.vue
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default {
       type: Number,
       default: 6
     },
-    debounce: {
+    delay: {
       type: Number,
       default: 500
     },
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export default {
     },
     __delayTrigger () {
       clearTimeout(this.timer)
-      this.timer = setTimeout(this.trigger, this.staticData ? 0 : this.debounce)
+      this.timer = setTimeout(this.trigger, this.staticData ? 0 : this.delay)
     },
     __handleKeypress (e) {
       switch (e.keyCode || e.which) {