diff --git a/src/Owner.py b/src/Owner.py
index c84a94f15..d8569d89f 100644
--- a/src/Owner.py
+++ b/src/Owner.py
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ class Owner(privmsgs.CapabilityCheckingPrivmsg):
 
     def do001(self, irc, msg):
         self.log.info('Loading plugins.')
-        alwaysLoadSrcPlugins = conf.supybot.plugins.alwaysLoadDefault()
+        alwaysLoadSrcPlugins = conf.supybot.plugins.alwaysLoadImportant()
         for (name, value) in conf.supybot.plugins.getValues(fullNames=False):
-            if name.lower() in ('owner', 'alwaysloaddefault'):
+            if name.lower() in ('owner', 'alwaysloadimportant'):
                 continue
             if irc.getCallback(name) is None:
                 load = value()
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class Owner(privmsgs.CapabilityCheckingPrivmsg):
                     if alwaysLoadSrcPlugins:
                         s = '%s is configured not to be loaded, but is being '\
                             'loaded anyway because ' \
-                            'supybot.plugins.alwaysLoadDefault is True.'
+                            'supybot.plugins.alwaysLoadImportant is True.'
                         self.log.warning(s, name)
                         load = True
                 if load:
diff --git a/src/conf.py b/src/conf.py
index 4d6e84e7b..365e97a71 100644
--- a/src/conf.py
+++ b/src/conf.py
@@ -713,13 +713,13 @@ registerGlobalValue(supybot.directories, 'plugins',
     [config supybot.directories.plugins], newPluginDirectory'."""))
 
 registerGroup(supybot, 'plugins', orderAlphabetically=True)
-registerGlobalValue(supybot.plugins, 'alwaysLoadDefault',
+registerGlobalValue(supybot.plugins, 'alwaysLoadImportant',
     registry.Boolean(True, """Determines whether the bot will always load
-    the default plugins (Admin, Channel, Config, Misc, Owner, and User)
-    regardless of what their configured state is.  Generally, if these
-    plugins are configured not to load, you didn't do it on purpose, and
-    you still want them to load.  Users who don't want to load these plugins
-    are smart enough to change the value of this variable appropriately :)"""))
+    important plugins (Admin, Channel, Config, Misc, Owner, and User)
+    regardless of what their configured state is.  Generally, if these plugins
+    are configured not to load, you didn't do it on purpose, and you still
+    want them to load.  Users who don't want to load these plugins are smart
+    enough to change the value of this variable appropriately :)"""))
 
 ###
 # supybot.databases.  For stuff relating to Supybot's databases (duh!)