diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8faa9ce97..9af836212 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ Features added
 
 * #9815: html theme: Wrap sidebar components in div to allow customizing their
   layout via CSS
-* #9831: Autosummary now documents only the members specified in a module's ``__all__`` attribute if :confval:`autosummary_ignore___all__` is set to ``False``. The default behaviour is unchanged.
+* #9831: Autosummary now documents only the members specified in a module's
+  ``__all__`` attribute if :confval:`autosummary_ignore___all__` is set to
+  ``False``. The default behaviour is unchanged. Autogen also now supports
+  this behavior with the ``--respect-module-all`` switch.
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/doc/man/sphinx-autogen.rst b/doc/man/sphinx-autogen.rst
index 18ae8d1e9..4c8f0f207 100644
--- a/doc/man/sphinx-autogen.rst
+++ b/doc/man/sphinx-autogen.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Options
 
    Document imported members.
 
+.. option:: -a, --respect-module-all
+
+   Document exactly the members in a module's ``__all__`` attribute.
+
 Example
 -------
 
diff --git a/doc/usage/extensions/autosummary.rst b/doc/usage/extensions/autosummary.rst
index 6ce292a98..ac7bbd68f 100644
--- a/doc/usage/extensions/autosummary.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/extensions/autosummary.rst
@@ -201,12 +201,12 @@ also use these config values:
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.1
 
-   .. versionchanged:: 4.3
+   .. versionchanged:: 4.4
 
-      If ``autosummary_ignore___all__`` is ``False``, this configuration value
-      is ignored for members listed in ``__all__``.
+      If ``autosummary_ignore_module_all`` is ``False``, this configuration
+      value is ignored for members listed in ``__all__``.
 
-.. confval:: autosummary_ignore___all__
+.. confval:: autosummary_ignore_module_all
 
    If ``False`` and a module has the ``__all__`` attribute set, autosummary
    documents every member listed in ``__all__`` and no others. Default is
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ also use these config values:
    Note that if an imported member is listed in ``__all__``, it will be
    documented regardless of the value of ``autosummary_imported_members``. To
    match the behaviour of ``from module import *``, set
-   ``autosummary_ignore___all__`` to False and ``autosummary_imported_members``
-   to True.
+   ``autosummary_ignore_module_all`` to False and
+   ``autosummary_imported_members`` to True.
 
-   .. versionadded:: 4.3
+   .. versionadded:: 4.4
 
 .. confval:: autosummary_filename_map
 
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py b/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py
index 6bca102e9..05363f3c7 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ The format of the autosummary directive is documented in the
                         dest='imported_members', default=False,
                         help=__('document imported members (default: '
                                 '%(default)s)'))
-    parser.add_argument('-a', '--respect-__all__', action='store_false',
+    parser.add_argument('-a', '--respect-module-all', action='store_false',
                         dest='ignore___all__', default=True,
                         help=__('document exactly the members in module __all__ attribute. '
                                 '(default: %(default)s)'))
diff --git a/tests/test_ext_autosummary.py b/tests/test_ext_autosummary.py
index 6f8cf853b..dd9b8c519 100644
--- a/tests/test_ext_autosummary.py
+++ b/tests/test_ext_autosummary.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def test_autosummary_generate(app, status, warning):
     assert doctree[3][0][0][2][5].astext() == 'autosummary_dummy_module.qux\n\na module-level attribute'
 
     module = (app.srcdir / 'generated' / 'autosummary_dummy_module.rst').read_text()
-    print(module)
+
     assert ('   .. autosummary::\n'
             '   \n'
             '      Foo\n'