diff --git a/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/kubernetes_scale_benchmark.py b/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/kubernetes_scale_benchmark.py
index 4d3415674..8db1d40a9 100644
--- a/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/kubernetes_scale_benchmark.py
+++ b/perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/kubernetes_scale_benchmark.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 
 NUM_NEW_INSTANCES = flags.DEFINE_integer(
-    'gke_num_scaled_instances', 5, 'Number of new instances to create'
+    'kubernetes_goal_replicas', 5, 'Number of new instances to create'
 )
 
 # kubectl pods don't allow _'s.