diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 20fb01e0eec0..269d75738004 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -4932,12 +4932,13 @@ balance url_param <param> [check_post]
                   This algorithm is only usable for backends in LOG mode, for
                   others, please use "hash" instead.
 
-      log-sticky  Tries to stick to the same server as much as possible. The
+      sticky      Tries to stick to the same server as much as possible. The
                   first server in the list of available servers receives all
                   the log messages. When the server goes DOWN, the next server
                   in the list takes its place. When a previously DOWN server
                   goes back UP it is added at the end of the list so that the
-                  sticky server doesn't change until it becomes DOWN.
+                  sticky server doesn't change until it becomes DOWN. This
+                  algorithm is only usable for backends in LOG mode.
 
     <arguments> is an optional list of arguments which may be needed by some
                 algorithms. Right now, only "url_param", "uri" and "log-hash"
diff --git a/reg-tests/log/log_backend.vtc b/reg-tests/log/log_backend.vtc
index eb38a28019ec..a9223ee01a7e 100644
--- a/reg-tests/log/log_backend.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/log/log_backend.vtc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ haproxy h1 -conf {
 
         backend mylog-failover
                 mode log
-		balance log-sticky
+                balance sticky
 
                 server s1 udp@${Slg21_addr}:${Slg21_port}        # only receives "GET /srv1" request
                 server s2 udp@${Slg22_addr}:${Slg22_port}        # only receives "GET /srv2" request
diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 647682c5cd7a..f4f714bc82fe 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -2834,12 +2834,12 @@ int backend_parse_balance(const char **args, char **err, struct proxy *curproxy)
 		ha_free(&curproxy->lbprm.arg_str);
 		curproxy->lbprm.arg_str = strdup(args[1]);
 	}
-	else if (strcmp(args[0], "log-sticky") == 0) {
+	else if (strcmp(args[0], "sticky") == 0) {
 		curproxy->lbprm.algo &= ~BE_LB_ALGO;
 		curproxy->lbprm.algo |= BE_LB_ALGO_LS;
 	}
 	else {
-		memprintf(err, "only supports 'roundrobin', 'static-rr', 'leastconn', 'source', 'uri', 'url_param', 'hash', 'hdr(name)', 'rdp-cookie(name)', 'log-hash' and 'log-sticky' options.");
+		memprintf(err, "only supports 'roundrobin', 'static-rr', 'leastconn', 'source', 'uri', 'url_param', 'hash', 'hdr(name)', 'rdp-cookie(name)', 'log-hash' and 'sticky' options.");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	return 0;