diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
index 5c3b477e7549..d1be35e66870 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 <tr><td><div id="setting-jobs-retention-time" class="anchored"><code>jobs.retention_time</code></div></td><td>duration</td><td><code>336h0m0s</code></td><td>the amount of time to retain records for completed jobs before</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-kv-allocator-load-based-lease-rebalancing-enabled" class="anchored"><code>kv.allocator.load_based_lease_rebalancing.enabled</code></div></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>set to enable rebalancing of range leases based on load and latency</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-kv-allocator-load-based-rebalancing" class="anchored"><code>kv.allocator.load_based_rebalancing</code></div></td><td>enumeration</td><td><code>leases and replicas</code></td><td>whether to rebalance based on the distribution of load across stores [off = 0, leases = 1, leases and replicas = 2]</td></tr>
-<tr><td><div id="setting-kv-allocator-load-based-rebalancing-objective" class="anchored"><code>kv.allocator.load_based_rebalancing.objective</code></div></td><td>enumeration</td><td><code>qps</code></td><td>what objective does the cluster use to rebalance; if set to `qps` the cluster will attempt to balance qps among stores, if set to `cpu` the cluster will attempt to balance cpu usage among stores [qps = 0, cpu = 1]</td></tr>
+<tr><td><div id="setting-kv-allocator-load-based-rebalancing-objective" class="anchored"><code>kv.allocator.load_based_rebalancing.objective</code></div></td><td>enumeration</td><td><code>cpu</code></td><td>what objective does the cluster use to rebalance; if set to `qps` the cluster will attempt to balance qps among stores, if set to `cpu` the cluster will attempt to balance cpu usage among stores [qps = 0, cpu = 1]</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-kv-allocator-load-based-rebalancing-interval" class="anchored"><code>kv.allocator.load_based_rebalancing_interval</code></div></td><td>duration</td><td><code>1m0s</code></td><td>the rough interval at which each store will check for load-based lease / replica rebalancing opportunities</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-kv-allocator-qps-rebalance-threshold" class="anchored"><code>kv.allocator.qps_rebalance_threshold</code></div></td><td>float</td><td><code>0.1</code></td><td>minimum fraction away from the mean a store&#39;s QPS (such as queries per second) can be before it is considered overfull or underfull</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-kv-allocator-range-rebalance-threshold" class="anchored"><code>kv.allocator.range_rebalance_threshold</code></div></td><td>float</td><td><code>0.05</code></td><td>minimum fraction away from the mean a store&#39;s range count can be before it is considered overfull or underfull</td></tr>
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/rebalance_objective.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/rebalance_objective.go
index 4e159f17a3c7..3514f3c4fc99 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/rebalance_objective.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/rebalance_objective.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var LoadBasedRebalancingObjective = settings.RegisterEnumSetting(
 	"what objective does the cluster use to rebalance; if set to `qps` "+
 		"the cluster will attempt to balance qps among stores, if set to "+
 		"`cpu` the cluster will attempt to balance cpu usage among stores",
-	"qps",
+	"cpu",
 	map[int64]string{
 		int64(LBRebalancingQueries): "qps",
 		int64(LBRebalancingCPU):     "cpu",