diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index e81071704..e576284af 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() Config {
 			MinConfs:       1,
 			ConfTarget:     autopilot.DefaultConfTarget,
 			Heuristic: map[string]float64{
-				"preferential": 1.0,
+				"top_centrality": 1.0,
 			},
 		},
 		PaymentsExpirationGracePeriod: defaultPaymentsExpirationGracePeriod,
diff --git a/sample-lnd.conf b/sample-lnd.conf
index 3298e8533..dc4bac396 100644
--- a/sample-lnd.conf
+++ b/sample-lnd.conf
@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ litecoin.node=ltcd
 ; autopilot.allocation=0.6
 
 ; Heuristic to activate, and the weight to give it during scoring. (default:
-; {preferential:1})
-; autopilot.heuristic={topk_centrality:1}
+; top_centrality:1)
+; autopilot.heuristic=preferential:1
 
 ; The smallest channel that the autopilot agent should create (default: 20000)
 ; autopilot.minchansize=20000