diff --git a/server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/20161118212557_CreateTableLabels.go b/server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/20161118212557_CreateTableLabels.go
index b800b3409f..c309f76540 100644
--- a/server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/20161118212557_CreateTableLabels.go
+++ b/server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/20161118212557_CreateTableLabels.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func Up_20161118212557(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 			"`description` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL," +
 			"`query` varchar(255) NOT NULL," +
 			"`platform` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL," +
-			fmt.Sprintf("`label_type` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT %d,", kolide.LabelTypeDefault) +
+			fmt.Sprintf("`label_type` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT %d,", kolide.LabelTypeBuiltIn) +
 			"PRIMARY KEY (`id`)," +
 			"UNIQUE KEY `idx_label_unique_name` (`name`)," +
 			"FULLTEXT KEY `labels_search` (`name`)" +
diff --git a/server/kolide/labels.go b/server/kolide/labels.go
index 1a62d51216..9ec6c95b1d 100644
--- a/server/kolide/labels.go
+++ b/server/kolide/labels.go
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ type LabelPayload struct {
 type LabelType uint
 
 const (
-	// LabelTypeDefault - the label can change, this is the default
-	LabelTypeDefault LabelType = iota
-	// LabelTypeBuiltIn - this type of label is created by Kolide on start up
-	// and can't be removed by end user.
+	// LabelTypeRegular is for user created labels that can be modified.
+	LabelTypeRegular LabelType = iota
+	// LabelTypeBuiltIn is for labels built into Kolide that cannot be
+	// modified by users.
 	LabelTypeBuiltIn
 )