diff --git a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
index 5b4c2c05..6d8fc974 100644
--- a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
+++ b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics-global
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics-pods
     app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.10.0
-  name: kube-state-metrics-global
+  name: kube-state-metrics-pods
   namespace: kube-system
 spec:
   replicas: 1
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index a492ef1a..a7c29041 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
           '--node=""',
         ],
       };
-      local shardksmname = ksm.name + "-global";
+      local shardksmname = ksm.name + "-pods";
       std.mergePatch(ksm.deployment,
         {
           metadata: {