diff --git a/goldens/public-api/compiler-cli/compiler_options.api.md b/goldens/public-api/compiler-cli/compiler_options.api.md
index e9d45462f1e..ebdaefd0360 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/compiler-cli/compiler_options.api.md
+++ b/goldens/public-api/compiler-cli/compiler_options.api.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // @public
 export interface BazelAndG3Options {
     annotateForClosureCompiler?: boolean;
-    _geminiAllowEmitDeclarationOnly?: boolean;
+    _experimentalAllowEmitDeclarationOnly?: boolean;
     generateDeepReexports?: boolean;
     generateExtraImportsInLocalMode?: boolean;
     onlyExplicitDeferDependencyImports?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/api/src/public_options.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/api/src/public_options.ts
index bad6c20aebc..009d82cac1b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/api/src/public_options.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/api/src/public_options.ts
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ export interface BazelAndG3Options {
    * references.
    *
    * The mode is experimental and specifically tailored to support fast type declaration emission
-   * for the Gemini app in g3.
+   * for the Gemini app in g3 for the initial phase of the experiment.
    */
-  _geminiAllowEmitDeclarationOnly?: boolean;
+  _experimentalAllowEmitDeclarationOnly?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/src/compiler.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/src/compiler.ts
index cc5a375dbce..c66e20ebc67 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core/src/compiler.ts
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ export class NgCompiler {
     this.enableLetSyntax = options['_enableLetSyntax'] ?? true;
     this.enableSelectorless = options['_enableSelectorless'] ?? false;
     this.emitDeclarationOnly =
-      !!options.emitDeclarationOnly && !!options._geminiAllowEmitDeclarationOnly;
+      !!options.emitDeclarationOnly && !!options._experimentalAllowEmitDeclarationOnly;
     // Standalone by default is enabled since v19. We need to toggle it here,
     // because the language service extension may be running with the latest
     // version of the compiler against an older version of Angular.
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/declaration-only/declaration_only_emit_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/declaration-only/declaration_only_emit_spec.ts
index 19f6144b95e..a6bb2dee4ab 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/declaration-only/declaration_only_emit_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/declaration-only/declaration_only_emit_spec.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function emitDeclarationOnlyTest(fs: FileSystem, test: ComplianceTest): CompileR
     },
     {
       ...test.angularCompilerOptions,
-      _geminiAllowEmitDeclarationOnly: true,
+      _experimentalAllowEmitDeclarationOnly: true,
     },
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/declaration_only_emission_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/declaration_only_emission_spec.ts
index 6aabb0e50fd..99bc3ab85f6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/declaration_only_emission_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/declaration_only_emission_spec.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
           noCheck: true,
         },
         angularCompilerOptions: {
-          _geminiAllowEmitDeclarationOnly: true,
+          _experimentalAllowEmitDeclarationOnly: true,
         },
       };
       env.write('tsconfig.json', JSON.stringify(tsconfig, null, 2));