diff --git a/sentinel.conf b/sentinel.conf
index a395ad16c0..f44c116eff 100644
--- a/sentinel.conf
+++ b/sentinel.conf
@@ -347,12 +347,12 @@ SENTINEL resolve-hostnames no
 #
 SENTINEL announce-hostnames no
 
-# When master_reboot_down_after_period is set to 0, Sentinel does not fail over
-# when receiving a -LOADING response from a master. This was the only supported
-# behavior before version 7.0.
+# When primary-reboot-down-after-period is set to 0, Sentinel does not fail over
+# when receiving a -LOADING response from a primary. This was the only supported
+# behavior before Redis OSS 7.0.
 #
 # Otherwise, Sentinel will use this value as the time (in ms) it is willing to
-# accept a -LOADING response after a master has been rebooted, before failing
+# accept a -LOADING response after a primary has been rebooted, before failing
 # over.
 
-SENTINEL master-reboot-down-after-period mymaster 0
+SENTINEL primary-reboot-down-after-period myprimary 0
diff --git a/src/sentinel.c b/src/sentinel.c
index a095b8f48a..7eee2562cc 100644
--- a/src/sentinel.c
+++ b/src/sentinel.c
@@ -1946,7 +1946,9 @@ const char *sentinelHandleConfiguration(char **argv, int argc) {
         if ((sentinel.announce_hostnames = yesnotoi(argv[1])) == -1) {
             return "Please specify yes or no for the announce-hostnames option.";
         }
-    } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "master-reboot-down-after-period") && argc == 3) {
+    } else if ((!strcasecmp(argv[0], "primary-reboot-down-after-period") ||
+                !strcasecmp(argv[0], "master-reboot-down-after-period")) &&
+               argc == 3) {
         /* primary-reboot-down-after-period <name> <milliseconds> */
         ri = sentinelGetPrimaryByName(argv[1]);
         if (!ri) return "No such master with specified name.";
@@ -2058,9 +2060,9 @@ void rewriteConfigSentinelOption(struct rewriteConfigState *state) {
 
         /* sentinel primary-reboot-down-after-period */
         if (primary->primary_reboot_down_after_period != 0) {
-            line = sdscatprintf(sdsempty(), "sentinel master-reboot-down-after-period %s %ld", primary->name,
+            line = sdscatprintf(sdsempty(), "sentinel primary-reboot-down-after-period %s %ld", primary->name,
                                 (long)primary->primary_reboot_down_after_period);
-            rewriteConfigRewriteLine(state, "sentinel master-reboot-down-after-period", line, 1);
+            rewriteConfigRewriteLine(state, "sentinel primary-reboot-down-after-period", line, 1);
             /* rewriteConfigMarkAsProcessed is handled after the loop */
         }
 
@@ -2184,7 +2186,7 @@ void rewriteConfigSentinelOption(struct rewriteConfigState *state) {
     rewriteConfigMarkAsProcessed(state, "sentinel known-replica");
     rewriteConfigMarkAsProcessed(state, "sentinel known-sentinel");
     rewriteConfigMarkAsProcessed(state, "sentinel rename-command");
-    rewriteConfigMarkAsProcessed(state, "sentinel master-reboot-down-after-period");
+    rewriteConfigMarkAsProcessed(state, "sentinel primary-reboot-down-after-period");
 }
 
 /* This function uses the config rewriting in order to persist
@@ -4249,7 +4251,9 @@ void sentinelSetCommand(client *c) {
                 dictAdd(ri->renamed_commands, oldname, newname);
             }
             changes++;
-        } else if (!strcasecmp(option, "master-reboot-down-after-period") && moreargs > 0) {
+        } else if ((!strcasecmp(option, "primary-reboot-down-after-period") ||
+                    !strcasecmp(option, "master-reboot-down-after-period")) &&
+                   moreargs > 0) {
             /* primary-reboot-down-after-period <milliseconds> */
             robj *o = c->argv[++j];
             if (getLongLongFromObject(o, &ll) == C_ERR || ll < 0) {
diff --git a/tests/sentinel/tests/12-master-reboot.tcl b/tests/sentinel/tests/12-master-reboot.tcl
index c684d4505d..3d7c7c6ecb 100644
--- a/tests/sentinel/tests/12-master-reboot.tcl
+++ b/tests/sentinel/tests/12-master-reboot.tcl
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ test "Primary reboot in very short time" {
     R $master_id config rewrite
 
     foreach_sentinel_id id {
-        S $id SENTINEL SET mymaster master-reboot-down-after-period 5000
-        S $id sentinel debug ping-period 500
-        S $id sentinel debug ask-period 500 
+	foreach role {master primary} {
+            S $id SENTINEL SET mymaster $role-reboot-down-after-period 5000
+            S $id sentinel debug ping-period 500
+            S $id sentinel debug ask-period 500 
+	}
     }
 
     kill_instance valkey $master_id
@@ -100,4 +102,4 @@ test "The old primary eventually gets reconfigured as a slave" {
     } else {
         fail "Old master not reconfigured as slave of new master"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}