diff --git a/gst/gst.c b/gst/gst.c
index 0cc0c8c9e2..cf8e7f021d 100644
--- a/gst/gst.c
+++ b/gst/gst.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static const struct poptOption options[] = {
   {"gst-plugin-spew",    NUL, POPT_ARG_NONE|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP,   NULL, ARG_PLUGIN_SPEW,    "enable verbose plugin loading diagnostics", NULL},
   {"gst-plugin-path",    NUL, POPT_ARG_STRING|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP, NULL, ARG_PLUGIN_PATH,    "'" G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S "'--separated path list for loading plugins", "PATHS"},
   {"gst-plugin-load",    NUL, POPT_ARG_STRING|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP, NULL, ARG_PLUGIN_LOAD,    "comma-separated list of plugins to preload in addition to the list stored in env variable GST_PLUGIN_PATH", "PLUGINS"},
-  {"gst-scheduler",      NUL, POPT_ARG_STRING|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP, NULL, ARG_SCHEDULER,      "scheduler to use ('standard' is the default)", "SCHEDULER"},
+  {"gst-scheduler",      NUL, POPT_ARG_STRING|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP, NULL, ARG_SCHEDULER,      "scheduler to use ('basic' is the default)", "SCHEDULER"},
   {"gst-nothreads",      NUL, POPT_ARG_NONE|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP,   NULL, ARG_NOTHREADS,      "use NOPs for all threading and locking operations", NULL},
   {"gst-registry",       NUL, POPT_ARG_STRING|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP, NULL, ARG_REGISTRY,       "registry to use" , "REGISTRY"},
   POPT_TABLEEND
diff --git a/gst/gstscheduler.c b/gst/gstscheduler.c
index 4a6db43872..469f0fb668 100644
--- a/gst/gstscheduler.c
+++ b/gst/gstscheduler.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ gst_scheduler_factory_class_init (GstSchedulerFactoryClass *klass)
   factory_parent_class = g_type_class_ref (GST_TYPE_PLUGIN_FEATURE);
 
   if (!_default_name)
-    _default_name = g_strdup ("standard");
+    _default_name = g_strdup ("basic");
 }
 
 static void