diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/ui.spec.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/ui.spec.js
index 573458db46..fbab31fc12 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/ui.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/ui.spec.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('getEslintPrompts', () => {
       extends: 'plugin:vue/recommended',
       rules: {
         'vue/lorem': ['error', ['asd']], // custom setting
-        'vue/ipsum': 'warning'
+        'vue/ipsum': 'warn'
       }
     }
   }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ describe('getEslintPrompts', () => {
   })
 
   it('sets value on prompt item, if the rule was set in project\'s eslint config', () => {
-    expect(prompts[1].value).toBe('"warning"')
+    expect(prompts[1].value).toBe('"warn"')
     expect(prompts[2].value).toBe('["error",["asd"]]')
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/ui/configDescriptor.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/ui/configDescriptor.js
index afbdd1080d..a8ec57ddf6 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/ui/configDescriptor.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/ui/configDescriptor.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const CATEGORIES = [
 const DEFAULT_CATEGORY = 'essential'
 const RULE_SETTING_OFF = 'off'
 const RULE_SETTING_ERROR = 'error'
-const RULE_SETTING_WARNING = 'warning'
+const RULE_SETTING_WARNING = 'warn'
 const RULE_SETTINGS = [RULE_SETTING_OFF, RULE_SETTING_ERROR, RULE_SETTING_WARNING]
 
 const defaultChoices = [