diff --git a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
index 3d3e2d5..48339ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@
 
 /* syncer { */
   /* FIXME allow rate to be zero? */
-#define DRBD_RATE_MIN 1
+#define DRBD_RESYNC_RATE_MIN 1
 /* channel bonding 10 GbE, or other hardware */
-#define DRBD_RATE_MAX (4 << 20)
-#define DRBD_RATE_DEF 250  /* kb/second */
+#define DRBD_RESYNC_RATE_MAX (4 << 20)
+#define DRBD_RESYNC_RATE_DEF 250
+#define DRBD_RESYNC_RATE_SCALE 'k'  /* kilobytes */
 
   /* less than 7 would hit performance unnecessarily.
    * 919 slots context information per transaction,