diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 9c84f47da..dc941bf72 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def with_repository(fake=False, invert_fake=False, create=False, lock=True,
                 if cache:
                     with Cache(repository, kwargs['key'], kwargs['manifest'],
                                progress=getattr(args, 'progress', False), lock_wait=self.lock_wait,
-                               cache_mode=getattr(args, 'files_cache_mode', DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE),
+                               cache_mode=getattr(args, 'files_cache_mode', FILES_CACHE_MODE_DISABLED),
                                consider_part_files=getattr(args, 'consider_part_files', False),
                                iec=getattr(args, 'iec', False)) as cache_:
                         return method(self, args, repository=repository, cache=cache_, **kwargs)
@@ -3539,8 +3539,8 @@ class Archiver:
         fs_group.add_argument('--sparse', dest='sparse', action='store_true',
                                help='detect sparse holes in input (supported only by fixed chunker)')
         fs_group.add_argument('--files-cache', metavar='MODE', dest='files_cache_mode', action=Highlander,
-                              type=FilesCacheMode, default=DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI,
-                              help='operate files cache in MODE. default: %s' % DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI)
+                              type=FilesCacheMode, default=FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT,
+                              help='operate files cache in MODE. default: %s' % FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT)
         fs_group.add_argument('--read-special', dest='read_special', action='store_true',
                               help='open and read block and char device files as well as FIFOs as if they were '
                                    'regular files. Also follows symlinks pointing to these kinds of files.')
diff --git a/src/borg/cache.py b/src/borg/cache.py
index efd23548d..d304f4408 100644
--- a/src/borg/cache.py
+++ b/src/borg/cache.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ logger = create_logger()
 
 files_cache_logger = create_logger('borg.debug.files_cache')
 
-from .constants import CACHE_README, DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE
+from .constants import CACHE_README, FILES_CACHE_MODE_DISABLED
 from .hashindex import ChunkIndex, ChunkIndexEntry, CacheSynchronizer
 from .helpers import Location
 from .helpers import Error
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ class Cache:
             shutil.rmtree(path)
 
     def __new__(cls, repository, key, manifest, path=None, sync=True, warn_if_unencrypted=True,
-                progress=False, lock_wait=None, permit_adhoc_cache=False, cache_mode=DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE,
+                progress=False, lock_wait=None, permit_adhoc_cache=False, cache_mode=FILES_CACHE_MODE_DISABLED,
                 consider_part_files=False, iec=False):
 
         def local():
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class LocalCache(CacheStatsMixin):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, repository, key, manifest, path=None, sync=True, warn_if_unencrypted=True,
-                 progress=False, lock_wait=None, cache_mode=DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE, consider_part_files=False,
+                 progress=False, lock_wait=None, cache_mode=FILES_CACHE_MODE_DISABLED, consider_part_files=False,
                  iec=False):
         """
         :param warn_if_unencrypted: print warning if accessing unknown unencrypted repository
diff --git a/src/borg/constants.py b/src/borg/constants.py
index 0aac942a9..a1aa3da98 100644
--- a/src/borg/constants.py
+++ b/src/borg/constants.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ ITEMS_CHUNKER_PARAMS = (CH_BUZHASH, 15, 19, 17, HASH_WINDOW_SIZE)
 CH_DATA, CH_ALLOC, CH_HOLE = 0, 1, 2
 
 # operating mode of the files cache (for fast skipping of unchanged files)
-DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI = 'ctime,size,inode'  # default for "borg create" command (CLI UI)
-DEFAULT_FILES_CACHE_MODE = 'd'  # most borg commands do not use the files cache at all (disable)
+FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT = 'ctime,size,inode'  # default for "borg create" command (CLI UI)
+FILES_CACHE_MODE_DISABLED = 'd'  # most borg commands do not use the files cache at all (disable)
 
 # return codes returned by borg command
 # when borg is killed by signal N, rc = 128 + N