diff --git a/internal/patroni/config.go b/internal/patroni/config.go
index 64645ec2d..6e6a29d1b 100644
--- a/internal/patroni/config.go
+++ b/internal/patroni/config.go
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func instanceYAML(
 		postgresql[pgBackRestCreateReplicaMethod] = map[string]any{
 			"command":   strings.Join(quoted, " "),
 			"keep_data": true,
-			"no_master": true,
+			"no_leader": true,
 			"no_params": true,
 		}
 		methods = append([]string{pgBackRestCreateReplicaMethod}, methods...)
diff --git a/internal/patroni/config.md b/internal/patroni/config.md
index 18d28d8a4..e061b3f77 100644
--- a/internal/patroni/config.md
+++ b/internal/patroni/config.md
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ acquiring the leader lock, the Patroni leader:
 | - | postgresql.basebackup             | Yes  | mutable | either | List of arguments to pass to pg_basebackup when using the `basebackup` replica method.
 | - | postgresql.{method}.command       | Yes¹ | mutable | either | Command to execute for this replica method.
 | - | postgresql.{method}.keep_data     | Yes¹ | mutable | either | Whether or not Patroni should empty the data directory before. (default: false)
-| - | postgresql.{method}.no_master     | Yes¹ | mutable | either | Whether or not Patroni can call this method when no instances are running. (default: false)
+| - | postgresql.{method}.no_leader     | Yes¹ | mutable | either | Whether or not Patroni can call this method when no instances are running. (default: false)
 | - | postgresql.{method}.no_params     | Yes¹ | mutable | either | Whether or not Patroni should pass extra arguments to the command. (default: false)
 ||
 |||||| https://github.com/zalando/patroni/blob/v2.0.1/docs/replica_bootstrap.rst#bootstrap
diff --git a/internal/patroni/config_test.go b/internal/patroni/config_test.go
index eb8b12918..f761e27f3 100644
--- a/internal/patroni/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/patroni/config_test.go
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ postgresql:
     command: '''bash'' ''-ceu'' ''--'' ''install --directory --mode=0700 "${PGDATA?}"
       && exec "$@"'' ''-'' ''some'' ''backrest'' ''cmd'''
     keep_data: true
-    no_master: true
+    no_leader: true
     no_params: true
   pgpass: /tmp/.pgpass
   use_unix_socket: true