diff --git a/doc/go1.16.html b/doc/go1.16.html
index 74d31cc9809..4ba9d6785c8 100644
--- a/doc/go1.16.html
+++ b/doc/go1.16.html
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Do not send CLs removing the interior tags from such phrases.
 <dl id="syscall"><dt><a href="/pkg/syscall/">syscall</a></dt>
   <dd>
     <p><!-- CL 261917 -->
-      <a href="/pkg/syscall/#SysProcAttr"><code>SysProcAttr</code></a> on Windows has a new DontInheritHandles field that disables inheriting handles when creating a new process.
+      <a href="/pkg/syscall/#SysProcAttr"><code>SysProcAttr</code></a> on Windows has a new NoInheritHandles field that disables inheriting handles when creating a new process.
     </p>
   </dd>
 </dl><!-- syscall -->
diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
index 9f827c53f83..46cbd7567dd 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
@@ -235,13 +235,13 @@ type ProcAttr struct {
 }
 
 type SysProcAttr struct {
-	HideWindow         bool
-	CmdLine            string // used if non-empty, else the windows command line is built by escaping the arguments passed to StartProcess
-	CreationFlags      uint32
-	Token              Token               // if set, runs new process in the security context represented by the token
-	ProcessAttributes  *SecurityAttributes // if set, applies these security attributes as the descriptor for the new process
-	ThreadAttributes   *SecurityAttributes // if set, applies these security attributes as the descriptor for the main thread of the new process
-	DontInheritHandles bool                // if set, each inheritable handle in the calling process is not inherited by the new process
+	HideWindow        bool
+	CmdLine           string // used if non-empty, else the windows command line is built by escaping the arguments passed to StartProcess
+	CreationFlags     uint32
+	Token             Token               // if set, runs new process in the security context represented by the token
+	ProcessAttributes *SecurityAttributes // if set, applies these security attributes as the descriptor for the new process
+	ThreadAttributes  *SecurityAttributes // if set, applies these security attributes as the descriptor for the main thread of the new process
+	NoInheritHandles  bool                // if set, each inheritable handle in the calling process is not inherited by the new process
 }
 
 var zeroProcAttr ProcAttr
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ func StartProcess(argv0 string, argv []string, attr *ProcAttr) (pid int, handle
 
 	flags := sys.CreationFlags | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
 	if sys.Token != 0 {
-		err = CreateProcessAsUser(sys.Token, argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, !sys.DontInheritHandles, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
+		err = CreateProcessAsUser(sys.Token, argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, !sys.NoInheritHandles, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
 	} else {
-		err = CreateProcess(argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, !sys.DontInheritHandles, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
+		err = CreateProcess(argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, !sys.NoInheritHandles, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, err