diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 46241492ce..1dd8391eeb 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ void get_version_info(struct strbuf *buf, int show_build_options)
 			    SHA1_UNSAFE_BACKEND);
 #endif
 		strbuf_addf(buf, "SHA-256: %s\n", SHA256_BACKEND);
-		strbuf_addf(buf, "default-ref-format: %s\n",
+		strbuf_addf(buf, "default-ref-storage-format: %s\n",
 			    ref_storage_format_to_name(REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_DEFAULT));
 		strbuf_addf(buf, "default-hash: %s\n", hash_algos[GIT_HASH_DEFAULT].name);
 	}
diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
index b4f19d8077..6f4431bed7 100755
--- a/t/t0001-init.sh
+++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ test_expect_success 'default ref format' '
 		sane_unset GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT &&
 		git init refformat
 	) &&
-	git version --build-options | sed -ne "s/^default-ref-format: //p" >expect &&
+	git version --build-options | sed -ne "s/^default-ref-storage-format: //p" >expect &&
 	git -C refformat rev-parse --show-ref-storage-format >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '