diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
index 243ddd6f..4eaded1f 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ func (x *Config) GC() *gcconfig.Config {
 	)
 }
 
-// RefillMetabase returns value of "refill_metabase" config parameter.
+// RefillMetabase returns value of "resync_metabase" config parameter.
 //
 // Returns false if value is not a valid bool.
 func (x *Config) RefillMetabase() bool {
 	return config.BoolSafe(
 		(*config.Config)(x),
-		"refill_metabase",
+		"resync_metabase",
 	)
 }
diff --git a/config/example/node.env b/config/example/node.env
index 2edbc69c..c0b77f37 100644
--- a/config/example/node.env
+++ b/config/example/node.env
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_POOL_SIZE=15
 NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_NUM=2
 ## 0 shard
 ### Flag to refill Metabase from BlobStor
-NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_0_REFILL_METABASE=false
+NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_0_RESYNC_METABASE=false
 ### Write cache config
 NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_0_USE_WRITE_CACHE=false
 NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_0_WRITECACHE_PATH=tmp/0/cache
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_0_GC_REMOVER_SLEEP_INTERVAL=2m
 
 ## 1 shard
 ### Flag to refill Metabase from BlobStor
-NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_1_REFILL_METABASE=true
+NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_1_RESYNC_METABASE=true
 ### Write cache config
 NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_1_USE_WRITE_CACHE=true
 NEOFS_STORAGE_SHARD_1_WRITECACHE_PATH=tmp/1/cache
diff --git a/config/example/node.json b/config/example/node.json
index 20f0d1b8..a8b83802 100644
--- a/config/example/node.json
+++ b/config/example/node.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     "shard_num": 2,
     "shard": {
       "0": {
-        "refill_metabase": false,
+        "resync_metabase": false,
         "use_write_cache": false,
         "writecache": {
           "path": "tmp/0/cache",
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         }
       },
       "1": {
-        "refill_metabase": true,
+        "resync_metabase": true,
         "use_write_cache": true,
         "writecache": {
           "path": "tmp/1/cache",
diff --git a/config/example/node.yaml b/config/example/node.yaml
index bab27b6b..78cb23cb 100644
--- a/config/example/node.yaml
+++ b/config/example/node.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ storage:
   shard_pool_size: 15 # size of per-shard worker pools used for PUT operations
   shard_num: 2  # total number of shards
   default: # section with the default shard parameters
-    refill_metabase: true  # sync metabase with blobstore on start, expensive, leave false until complete understanding
+    resync_metabase: true  # sync metabase with blobstore on start, expensive, leave false until complete understanding
 
     use_write_cache: true  # use write-cache
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ storage:
 
   shard:
     0:
-      refill_metabase: false  # sync metabase with blobstore on start, expensive, leave false until complete understanding
+      resync_metabase: false  # sync metabase with blobstore on start, expensive, leave false until complete understanding
 
       use_write_cache: false  # use write-cache