diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go
index a42cbb75ae8b..0d892bfa7d6b 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go
@@ -407,8 +407,9 @@ func resourceArmKubernetesCluster() *schema.Resource {
 						"load_balancer_sku": {
 							Type:     schema.TypeString,
 							Optional: true,
-							Default:  string(containerservice.Basic),
+							Default:  string(containerservice.Standard),
 							ForceNew: true,
+							// TODO: fix the casing in the Swagger
 							ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{
 								string(containerservice.Basic),
 								string(containerservice.Standard),
diff --git a/website/docs/r/kubernetes_cluster.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/kubernetes_cluster.html.markdown
index 5e2fa650a8cd..cafa7ce36a4f 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/kubernetes_cluster.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/kubernetes_cluster.html.markdown
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ A `network_profile` block supports the following:
 
 Examples of how to use [AKS with Advanced Networking](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/networking-overview#advanced-networking) can be [found in the `./examples/kubernetes/` directory in the Github repository](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/tree/master/examples/kubernetes).
 
-* `load_balancer_sku` - (Optional) Specifies the SKU of the Load Balancer used for this Kubernetes Cluster. Possible values are `basic` and `standard`. Defaults to `basic`.
+* `load_balancer_sku` - (Optional) Specifies the SKU of the Load Balancer used for this Kubernetes Cluster. Possible values are `Basic` and `Standard`. Defaults to `Standard`.
 
-* `load_balancer_profile` - (Optional) A `load_balancer_profile` block. This can only be specified when `load_balancer_sku` is set to `standard`.
+* `load_balancer_profile` - (Optional) A `load_balancer_profile` block. This can only be specified when `load_balancer_sku` is set to `Standard`.
 
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