diff --git a/src/components/legend/attributes.js b/src/components/legend/attributes.js
index 371cad9c158..2eee7aa05cb 100644
--- a/src/components/legend/attributes.js
+++ b/src/components/legend/attributes.js
@@ -92,27 +92,27 @@ module.exports = {
 
     itemclick: {
         valType: 'enumerated',
-        values: ['toggle', 'focus', false],
+        values: ['toggle', 'toggleothers', false],
         dflt: 'toggle',
         role: 'info',
         editType: 'legend',
         description: [
             'Determines the behavior on legend item click.',
             '*toggle* toggles the visibility of the item clicked on the graph.',
-            '*focus* makes the clicked item the sole visible item on the graph.',
+            '*toggleothers* makes the clicked item the sole visible item on the graph.',
             '*false* disable legend item click interactions.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
     itemdoubleclick: {
         valType: 'enumerated',
-        values: ['toggle', 'focus', false],
-        dflt: 'focus',
+        values: ['toggle', 'toggleothers', false],
+        dflt: 'toggleothers',
         role: 'info',
         editType: 'legend',
         description: [
             'Determines the behavior on legend item double-click.',
             '*toggle* toggles the visibility of the item clicked on the graph.',
-            '*focus* makes the clicked item the sole visible item on the graph.',
+            '*toggleothers* makes the clicked item the sole visible item on the graph.',
             '*false* disable legend item double-click interactions.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
diff --git a/src/components/legend/handle_click.js b/src/components/legend/handle_click.js
index 780cc1d8e2f..6bc98641108 100644
--- a/src/components/legend/handle_click.js
+++ b/src/components/legend/handle_click.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function handleClick(g, gd, numClicks) {
     var itemClick = fullLayout.legend.itemclick;
     var itemDoubleClick = fullLayout.legend.itemdoubleclick;
 
-    if(numClicks === 1 && itemClick === 'toggle' && itemDoubleClick === 'focus' &&
+    if(numClicks === 1 && itemClick === 'toggle' && itemDoubleClick === 'toggleothers' &&
         SHOWISOLATETIP && gd.data && gd._context.showTips
     ) {
         Lib.notifier(Lib._(gd, 'Double-click on legend to isolate one trace'), 'long');
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ module.exports = function handleClick(g, gd, numClicks) {
         if(mode === 'toggle') {
             if(thisLabelIndex === -1) hiddenSlices.push(thisLabel);
             else hiddenSlices.splice(thisLabelIndex, 1);
-        } else if(mode === 'focus') {
+        } else if(mode === 'toggleothers') {
             hiddenSlices = [];
             gd.calcdata[0].forEach(function(d) {
                 if(thisLabel !== d.label) {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ module.exports = function handleClick(g, gd, numClicks) {
             } else {
                 setVisibility(fullTrace, nextVisibility);
             }
-        } else if(mode === 'focus') {
+        } else if(mode === 'toggleothers') {
             // Compute the clicked index. expandedIndex does what we want for expanded traces
             // but also culls hidden traces. That means we have some work to do.
             var isClicked, isInGroup, otherState;
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/legend_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/legend_test.js
index 6036dafdc58..f4b5cf5d7b7 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/legend_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/legend_test.js
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ describe('legend interaction', function() {
                     .then(click(0, 2)).then(_assert([true, true, true]))
                     .then(function() {
                         return Plotly.relayout(gd, {
-                            'legend.itemclick': 'focus',
+                            'legend.itemclick': 'toggleothers',
                             'legend.itemdoubleclick': 'toggle'
                         });
                     })