diff --git a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
index f9923f350..e5908df03 100644
--- a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ spec:
     zalando:
     - superuser
     - createdb
-  useLoadBalancer: true
-  allowedSourceRanges: #Load balancer source ranges
+  enableMasterLoadBalancer: true
+  # enableReplicaLoadBalancer: true # uncomment to enable a LB for a replica k8s service
+  allowedSourceRanges: # load balancers' source ranges for both master and replica services
   - 127.0.0.1/32
   databases:
     foo: zalando
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 4de577318..58a5529bf 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -672,14 +672,14 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateSingleUserSecret(namespace string, pgUser spec.PgUser)
 func (c *Cluster) shouldCreateLoadBalancerForService(role PostgresRole, spec *spec.PostgresSpec) bool {
 
 	// handle LB for the replica service separately if ReplicaLoadBalancer is set in the Postgres manifest
-	if role == Replica && spec.ReplicaLoadBalancer != nil {
-		return *spec.ReplicaLoadBalancer
+	if role == Replica && spec.EnableReplicaLoadBalancer != nil {
+		return *spec.EnableReplicaLoadBalancer
 	}
 
 	// create a load balancer for the master service if either Postgres or operator manifests tell to do so
 	// if ReplicaLoadBalancer is unset and LB for master service is created, also create a balancer for replicas
-	return (spec.UseLoadBalancer != nil && *spec.UseLoadBalancer) ||
-		(spec.UseLoadBalancer == nil && c.OpConfig.EnableLoadBalancer)
+	return (spec.EnableMasterLoadBalancer != nil && *spec.EnableMasterLoadBalancer) ||
+		(spec.EnableMasterLoadBalancer == nil && c.OpConfig.EnableLoadBalancer)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/spec/postgresql.go b/pkg/spec/postgresql.go
index 460e62237..a197912d4 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/postgresql.go
+++ b/pkg/spec/postgresql.go
@@ -96,18 +96,18 @@ type PostgresSpec struct {
 	TeamID              string   `json:"teamId"`
 	AllowedSourceRanges []string `json:"allowedSourceRanges"`
 	DockerImage         string   `json:"dockerImage,omitempty"`
-	// EnableLoadBalancer  is a pointer, since it is important to know if that parameters is omitted from the Postgres manifest
-	// in that case UseLoadBalancer == nil and the value is taken from the operator config
-	UseLoadBalancer *bool `json:"useLoadBalancer,omitempty"`
-	// if ReplicaLoadBalancer == nil (is unset), value of UseLoadBalancer determines if a balancer for replicas is created
-	ReplicaLoadBalancer *bool                `json:"replicaLoadBalancer,omitempty"`
-	NumberOfInstances   int32                `json:"numberOfInstances"`
-	Users               map[string]UserFlags `json:"users"`
-	MaintenanceWindows  []MaintenanceWindow  `json:"maintenanceWindows,omitempty"`
-	Clone               CloneDescription     `json:"clone"`
-	ClusterName         string               `json:"-"`
-	Databases           map[string]string    `json:"databases,omitempty"`
-	Tolerations         []v1.Toleration      `json:"tolerations,omitempty"`
+	// EnableMasterLoadBalancer  is a pointer, since it is important to know if that parameters is omitted from the Postgres manifest
+	// in that case EnableMasterLoadBalancer == nil and the value is taken from the operator config
+	EnableMasterLoadBalancer *bool `json:"enableMasterLoadBalancer,omitempty"`
+	// if EnableReplicaLoadBalancer == nil (is unset), value of UseLoadBalancer determines if a balancer for replicas is created
+	EnableReplicaLoadBalancer *bool                `json:"enableReplicaLoadBalancer,omitempty"`
+	NumberOfInstances         int32                `json:"numberOfInstances"`
+	Users                     map[string]UserFlags `json:"users"`
+	MaintenanceWindows        []MaintenanceWindow  `json:"maintenanceWindows,omitempty"`
+	Clone                     CloneDescription     `json:"clone"`
+	ClusterName               string               `json:"-"`
+	Databases                 map[string]string    `json:"databases,omitempty"`
+	Tolerations               []v1.Toleration      `json:"tolerations,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PostgresqlList defines a list of PostgreSQL clusters.