diff --git a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
index 2206075a9..898d975cb 100644
--- a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CLUSTER_MASTER_PORT = 8790
 CLUSTER_MASTER_ENABLED = 0
 CLUSTER_MASTER_POLL_INTERVAL = 60
 CLUSTER_MASTER_NODES = {}
-CLUSTER_MASTER_CACHEFILE = ""
+CLUSTER_MASTER_STATEFILE = ""
 
 CLUSTER_WORKER_ENABLED = 0
 CLUSTER_WORKER_MAXPROC = 4