diff --git a/apps/openstacknetworking/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/Constants.java b/apps/openstacknetworking/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/Constants.java
index 17a09e3..d0ce4d3 100644
--- a/apps/openstacknetworking/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/Constants.java
+++ b/apps/openstacknetworking/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/Constants.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     public static final String ARP_PROXY_MODE = "proxy";
 
     public static final String DEFAULT_GATEWAY_MAC_STR = "fe:00:00:00:00:02";
-    public static final String DEFAULT_ARP_MODE_STR = ARP_BROADCAST_MODE;
+    public static final String DEFAULT_ARP_MODE_STR = ARP_PROXY_MODE;
     public static final MacAddress DEFAULT_GATEWAY_MAC = MacAddress.valueOf(DEFAULT_GATEWAY_MAC_STR);
     public static final MacAddress DEFAULT_EXTERNAL_ROUTER_MAC = MacAddress.valueOf("fe:00:00:00:00:01");
 
diff --git a/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackRoutingArpHandler.java b/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackRoutingArpHandler.java
index e75b9de..d7bcc7f 100644
--- a/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackRoutingArpHandler.java
+++ b/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackRoutingArpHandler.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     // TODO: need to find a way to unify aprMode and gatewayMac variables with
     // that in SwitchingArpHandler
     @Property(name = ARP_MODE, value = DEFAULT_ARP_MODE_STR,
-            label = "ARP processing mode, broadcast (default) | proxy ")
+            label = "ARP processing mode, broadcast | proxy (default)")
     protected String arpMode = DEFAULT_ARP_MODE_STR;
 
     protected String gatewayMac = DEFAULT_GATEWAY_MAC_STR;
diff --git a/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackSwitchingArpHandler.java b/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackSwitchingArpHandler.java
index b78328c..a58053ac 100644
--- a/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackSwitchingArpHandler.java
+++ b/apps/openstacknetworking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/impl/OpenstackSwitchingArpHandler.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     private String gatewayMac = DEFAULT_GATEWAY_MAC_STR;
 
     @Property(name = ARP_MODE, value = DEFAULT_ARP_MODE_STR,
-            label = "ARP processing mode, broadcast (default) | proxy ")
+            label = "ARP processing mode, broadcast | proxy (default)")
     protected String arpMode = DEFAULT_ARP_MODE_STR;
 
     private final InternalPacketProcessor packetProcessor = new InternalPacketProcessor();