diff --git a/cli/src/config-schema.json b/cli/src/config-schema.json
index 08b84189f89..6196575c9e7 100644
--- a/cli/src/config-schema.json
+++ b/cli/src/config-schema.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                                 "ascii",
                                 "ascii-large"
                             ],
-                            "default": "legacy"
+                            "default": "curved"
                         }
                     }
                 },
@@ -382,4 +382,4 @@
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_log_command.rs b/cli/tests/test_log_command.rs
index 36ab070977c..0e43b0c12c1 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_log_command.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_log_command.rs
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ fn test_graph_styles() {
         &["new", "-m", "merge", r#"description("main branch 1")"#, "@"],
     );
 
-    // Default (legacy) style
+    // Default (curved) style
     let stdout = test_env.jj_cmd_success(&repo_path, &["log", "-T=description"]);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @r###"
     @    merge