diff --git a/client/keys.go b/client/keys.go
index 889a7fd5..0569637b 100644
--- a/client/keys.go
+++ b/client/keys.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The pass backend requires GnuPG: https://gnupg.org/
 
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagHome, defaultNodeHome, "The application home directory")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagKeyringDir, "", "The client Keyring directory; if omitted, the default 'home' directory will be used")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagKeyringBackend, keyring.BackendFile, "Select keyring's backend (os|file|test)")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagKeyringBackend, keyring.BackendOS, "Select keyring's backend (os|file|test)")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(cli.OutputFlag, "text", "Output format (text|json)")
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/server/flags/flags.go b/server/flags/flags.go
index 944f1f96..89205f60 100644
--- a/server/flags/flags.go
+++ b/server/flags/flags.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func AddTxFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagNode, "tcp://localhost:26657", "<host>:<port> to tendermint rpc interface for this chain")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().Float64(flags.FlagGasAdjustment, flags.DefaultGasAdjustment, "adjustment factor to be multiplied against the estimate returned by the tx simulation; if the gas limit is set manually this flag is ignored ")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringP(flags.FlagBroadcastMode, "b", flags.BroadcastSync, "Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async|block)")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagKeyringBackend, keyring.BackendFile, "Select keyring's backend")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagKeyringBackend, keyring.BackendOS, "Select keyring's backend")
 
 	// --gas can accept integers and "simulate"
 	// cmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&flags.GasFlagVar, "gas", fmt.Sprintf(