diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a20542cae6..8755b4421d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Features added
 * #2463, #2516: Add keywords of "meta" directive to search index
 * ``:maxdepth:`` option of toctree affects ``secnumdepth`` (ref: #2547)
 * #2575: Now ``sphinx.ext.graphviz`` allows ``:align:`` option
+* Show warnings if unknown key is specified to `latex_elements`
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 0296f56bd4..b54161dbce 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
             self.elements['contentsname'] = \
                 self.babel_renewcommand('\\contentsname', document.settings.contentsname)
         # allow the user to override them all
+        self.check_latex_elements()
         self.elements.update(builder.config.latex_elements)
         if self.elements['extraclassoptions']:
             self.elements['classoptions'] += ',' + \
@@ -505,6 +506,12 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
     def pop_hyperlink_ids(self, figtype):
         return self.next_hyperlink_ids.pop(figtype, set())
 
+    def check_latex_elements(self):
+        for key in self.builder.config.latex_elements:
+            if key not in self.elements:
+                msg = _("Unknown configure key: latex_elements[%r] is ignored.")
+                self.builder.warn(msg % key)
+
     def restrict_footnote(self, node):
         if self.footnote_restricted is False:
             self.footnote_restricted = node