diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs
index 2f0c7d8ddc516..b9ae583581ef2 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn main() {
         eprintln!(
             r#"
 WARNING: profiler runtime is not available, so `.coverage` files won't be {actioned}
-help: try setting `profiler = true` in the `[build]` section of `config.toml`"#
+help: try setting `profiler = true` in the `[build]` section of `bootstrap.toml`"#
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/CONTRIBUTING.md b/src/tools/miri/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5a08ac9af60a5..0d77ca06e1b48 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/src/tools/miri/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ MIRI_LOG=rustc_mir::interpret=info,miri::stacked_borrows ./miri run tests/pass/v
 
 Note that you will only get `info`, `warn` or `error` messages if you use a prebuilt compiler.
 In order to get `debug` and `trace` level messages, you need to build miri with a locally built
-compiler that has `debug=true` set in `config.toml`.
+compiler that has `debug=true` set in `bootstrap.toml`.
 
 #### Debugging error messages
 
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/setup.rs b/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/setup.rs
index 0cf6f1a375cdf..7afc8481009cb 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/setup.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/setup.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub fn setup(
         // https://github.com/rust-lang/miri/issues/1421,
         // https://github.com/rust-lang/miri/issues/2429). Looks like setting
         // `RUSTC_WRAPPER` to the empty string overwrites `build.rustc-wrapper` set via
-        // `config.toml`.
+        // `bootstrap.toml`.
         command.env("RUSTC_WRAPPER", "");
 
         if show_setup {
diff --git a/src/tools/opt-dist/src/main.rs b/src/tools/opt-dist/src/main.rs
index 3111149f2ae20..ac5d294f07ed1 100644
--- a/src/tools/opt-dist/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/opt-dist/src/main.rs
@@ -369,9 +369,17 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         println!("Environment values\n{}", format_env_variables());
     });
 
-    with_log_group("Printing config.toml", || {
-        if let Ok(config) = std::fs::read_to_string("config.toml") {
-            println!("Contents of `config.toml`:\n{config}");
+    with_log_group("Printing bootstrap.toml", || {
+        let config_file = if std::path::Path::new("bootstrap.toml").exists() {
+            "bootstrap.toml"
+        } else {
+            "config.toml" // Fall back for backward compatibility
+        };
+
+        if let Ok(config) = std::fs::read_to_string(config_file) {
+            println!("Contents of `bootstrap.toml`:\n{config}");
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("Failed to read `{}`", config_file);
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs b/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs
index 8b3bd77141ba8..fe48fe345a79d 100644
--- a/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ llvm-config = "{llvm_config}"
         cargo = cargo_path.to_string().replace('\\', "/"),
         llvm_config = llvm_config.to_string().replace('\\', "/")
     );
-    log::info!("Using following `config.toml` for running tests:\n{config_content}");
+    log::info!("Using following `bootstrap.toml` for running tests:\n{config_content}");
 
     // Simulate a stage 0 compiler with the extracted optimized dist artifacts.
-    std::fs::write("config.toml", config_content)?;
+    std::fs::write("bootstrap.toml", config_content)?;
 
     let x_py = env.checkout_path().join("x.py");
     let mut args = vec![
diff --git a/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/main.rs b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/main.rs
index 5adb525d7e649..f1c6e13d3ae89 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/main.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn get_browser_ui_test_version_inner(npm: &Path, global: bool) -> Option<String>
         Err(e) => {
             eprintln!(
                 "path to npm can be wrong, provided path: {npm:?}. Try to set npm path \
-            in config.toml in [build.npm]",
+            in bootstrap.toml in [build.npm]",
             );
             panic!("{:?}", e)
         }