diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff3407fe..7e7df5b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ libm    = [ "simba/libm" ]
 libm-force = [ "simba/libm_force" ]
 macros = [ "nalgebra-macros" ]
 cuda   = [ "cust_core", "simba/cuda" ]
-rayon-par  = [ "std", "rayon" ]
+rayon  = [ "std", "dep:rayon" ]
 
 # Conversion
 convert-mint = [ "mint" ]
diff --git a/src/base/iter.rs b/src/base/iter.rs
index b3f66d81..4e1dc21a 100644
--- a/src/base/iter.rs
+++ b/src/base/iter.rs
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ mod parallel {
 
     impl<'a, T, R: Dim, Cols: Dim, S: RawStorage<T, R, Cols>> Producer for ColumnIter<'a, T, R, Cols, S>
     where
-        T: Send + Sync +  Scalar,
+        T: Send + Sync + Scalar,
         S: Sync,
     {
         type Item = MatrixSlice<'a, T, R, U1, S::RStride, S::CStride>;
diff --git a/src/base/par_iter.rs b/src/base/par_iter.rs
index 589f7b81..8aaad348 100644
--- a/src/base/par_iter.rs
+++ b/src/base/par_iter.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-//! this module implements parallelators to make matrices work with
-//! the rayon crate seamlessly
+//! Parallel iterators for matrices compatible with rayon.
 
 use crate::{
     iter::{ColumnIter, ColumnIterMut},
-    Dim, Matrix, MatrixSlice, MatrixSliceMut, RawStorage, RawStorageMut, U1, Scalar,};
+    Dim, Matrix, MatrixSlice, MatrixSliceMut, RawStorage, RawStorageMut, Scalar, U1,
+};
 use rayon::{iter::plumbing::bridge, prelude::*};
 
 /// A rayon parallel iterator over the colums of a matrix
diff --git a/tests/core/matrix.rs b/tests/core/matrix.rs
index 150eb678..12f5308e 100644
--- a/tests/core/matrix.rs
+++ b/tests/core/matrix.rs
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ fn parallel_column_iteration() {
 
 #[test]
 #[cfg(feature = "rayon")]
-fn colum_iteration_mut_double_ended() {
+fn column_iteration_mut_double_ended() {
     let dmat = nalgebra::dmatrix![
     13,14,15,16,17;
     23,24,25,26,27;
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index 49384d8a..fb13b3ae 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ compile_error!(
 );
 
 // make sure to test the parallel iterators for all builds that do not require no_std
-#[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(feature = "rayon-par")))]
-compile_error!("Please additionally enable the `rayon-par` feature to compile and run the tests");
+#[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(feature = "rayon")))]
+compile_error!("Please additionally enable the `rayon` feature to compile and run the tests");
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "debug", feature = "compare", feature = "rand"))]
 #[macro_use]