diff --git a/book/src/themes.md b/book/src/themes.md
index d1518de8..96d7c0ec 100644
--- a/book/src/themes.md
+++ b/book/src/themes.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ over it and is merged into the default palette.
 
 | Color Name      |
 | ---             |
-| `reset`         |
+| `default`       |
 | `black`         |
 | `red`           |
 | `green`         |
diff --git a/helix-view/src/theme.rs b/helix-view/src/theme.rs
index 7a9aae51..a288ae9a 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/theme.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/theme.rs
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ impl Default for ThemePalette {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             palette: hashmap! {
-                "reset".to_string() => Color::Reset,
+                "default".to_string() => Color::Reset,
                 "black".to_string() => Color::Black,
                 "red".to_string() => Color::Red,
                 "green".to_string() => Color::Green,