diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.java
index b4ba7fb9c4b..7e10c626270 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/search/function/FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class FiltersFunctionScoreQuery extends Query {
     }
 
     public static enum ScoreMode {
-        First, Avg, Max, Total, Min, Multiply
+        First, Avg, Max, Sum, Min, Multiply
     }
 
     Query subQuery;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/CustomFiltersScoreQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/CustomFiltersScoreQueryParser.java
index 4de65d20f75..276e2eae088 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/CustomFiltersScoreQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/CustomFiltersScoreQueryParser.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class CustomFiltersScoreQueryParser implements QueryParser {
                     } else if ("min".equals(sScoreMode)) {
                         scoreMode = FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Min;
                     } else if ("total".equals(sScoreMode)) {
-                        scoreMode = FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Total;
+                        scoreMode = FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Sum;
                     } else if ("multiply".equals(sScoreMode)) {
                         scoreMode = FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Multiply;
                     } else if ("first".equals(sScoreMode)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryParser.java
index e63380076c7..f28c87c0708 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/functionscore/FunctionScoreQueryParser.java
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ public class FunctionScoreQueryParser implements QueryParser {
             return FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Max;
         } else if ("min".equals(scoreMode)) {
             return FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Min;
-        } else if ("total".equals(scoreMode)) {
-            return FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Total;
+        } else if ("sum".equals(scoreMode)) {
+            return FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Sum;
         } else if ("multiply".equals(scoreMode)) {
             return FiltersFunctionScoreQuery.ScoreMode.Multiply;
         } else if ("first".equals(scoreMode)) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/customscore/CustomScoreSearchTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/customscore/CustomScoreSearchTests.java
index 4cc6b2a8414..3d7dbb77b1f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/customscore/CustomScoreSearchTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/customscore/CustomScoreSearchTests.java
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ public class CustomScoreSearchTests extends AbstractSharedClusterTest {
         assertThat(searchResponse.getHits().getAt(3).score(), equalTo(1.0f));
 
         searchResponse = client().prepareSearch("test")
-                .setQuery(functionScoreQuery(matchAllQuery()).scoreMode("total").add(termFilter("field", "value4"), new FactorBuilder().boostFactor(2)).add(termFilter("field", "value1"), new FactorBuilder().boostFactor(3)).add(termFilter("color", "red"), new FactorBuilder().boostFactor(5)))
+                .setQuery(functionScoreQuery(matchAllQuery()).scoreMode("sum").add(termFilter("field", "value4"), new FactorBuilder().boostFactor(2)).add(termFilter("field", "value1"), new FactorBuilder().boostFactor(3)).add(termFilter("color", "red"), new FactorBuilder().boostFactor(5)))
                 .setExplain(true)
                 .execute().actionGet();