diff --git a/gst/gst.c b/gst/gst.c
index bfcdf92d61..771ecf06e8 100644
--- a/gst/gst.c
+++ b/gst/gst.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ 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 ('basic' is the default)", "SCHEDULER"},
+  {"gst-scheduler",   NUL, POPT_ARG_STRING|POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP, NULL, ARG_SCHEDULER,   "scheduler to use ('standard' is the default)", "SCHEDULER"},
   {"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 e61d9a2091..13e4b7b5fe 100644
--- a/gst/gstscheduler.c
+++ b/gst/gstscheduler.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ 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 ("basic");
+    _default_name = g_strdup ("standard");
 }
 
 static void