diff --git a/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/rollback.go b/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/rollback.go
index f2c41db48c..778de67ed6 100644
--- a/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/rollback.go
+++ b/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/rollback.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (e *Executor) ensureRollback(ctx context.Context) model.StageStatus {
 
 	// When addVariantLabelToSelector is true, ensure that all workloads
 	// have the variant label in their selector.
-	if e.config.Sync.AddVariantLabelToSelector {
+	if e.config.QuickSync.AddVariantLabelToSelector {
 		workloads := findWorkloadManifests(manifests, e.config.Workloads)
 		for _, m := range workloads {
 			if err := ensureVariantSelectorInWorkload(m, primaryVariant); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/sync.go b/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/sync.go
index c26f6bd849..7bda82e7dd 100644
--- a/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/app/piped/executor/kubernetes/sync.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (e *Executor) ensureSync(ctx context.Context) model.StageStatus {
 	e.LogPersister.Successf("Successfully loaded %d manifests", len(manifests))
 
 	// Check the variant selector in the workloads.
-	if e.config.Pipeline != nil && !e.config.Sync.AddVariantLabelToSelector {
+	if e.config.Pipeline != nil && !e.config.QuickSync.AddVariantLabelToSelector {
 		workloads := findWorkloadManifests(manifests, e.config.Workloads)
 		var invalid bool
 		for _, m := range workloads {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (e *Executor) ensureSync(ctx context.Context) model.StageStatus {
 
 	// When addVariantLabelToSelector is true, ensure that all workloads
 	// have the variant label in their selector.
-	if e.config.Sync.AddVariantLabelToSelector {
+	if e.config.QuickSync.AddVariantLabelToSelector {
 		workloads := findWorkloadManifests(manifests, e.config.Workloads)
 		for _, m := range workloads {
 			if err := ensureVariantSelectorInWorkload(m, primaryVariant); err != nil {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (e *Executor) ensureSync(ctx context.Context) model.StageStatus {
 		return model.StageStatus_STAGE_FAILURE
 	}
 
-	if !e.config.Sync.Prune {
+	if !e.config.QuickSync.Prune {
 		e.LogPersister.Info("Resource GC was skipped because sync.prune was not configured")
 		return model.StageStatus_STAGE_SUCCESS
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/app/piped/planner/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/pkg/app/piped/planner/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index e6469d501e..ba6186b4eb 100644
--- a/pkg/app/piped/planner/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/app/piped/planner/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (p *Planner) Plan(ctx context.Context, in planner.Input) (out planner.Outpu
 	// we have only one choise to do is applying all manifestt.
 	if cfg.Pipeline == nil || len(cfg.Pipeline.Stages) == 0 {
 		out.Stages = buildPipeline(cfg.Input.AutoRollback, time.Now())
-		out.Summary = "Sync by applying all manifests because no progressive pipeline was configured"
+		out.Summary = "Quick sync by applying all manifests because no progressive pipeline was configured"
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (p *Planner) Plan(ctx context.Context, in planner.Input) (out planner.Outpu
 	}
 
 	// This deployment is triggered by a commit with the intent to synchronize.
-	if s := cfg.CommitMatcher.Sync; s != "" {
+	if s := cfg.CommitMatcher.QuickSync; s != "" {
 		syncRegex, err := in.RegexPool.Get(s)
 		if err != nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to compile commitMatcher.sync(%s): %w", s, err)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (p *Planner) Plan(ctx context.Context, in planner.Input) (out planner.Outpu
 		}
 		if syncRegex.MatchString(in.Deployment.Trigger.Commit.Message) {
 			out.Stages = buildPipeline(cfg.Input.AutoRollback, time.Now())
-			out.Summary = fmt.Sprintf("Sync by applying all manifests because the commit message was matching %q", s)
+			out.Summary = fmt.Sprintf("Quick sync by applying all manifests because the commit message was matching %q", s)
 			return out, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (p *Planner) Plan(ctx context.Context, in planner.Input) (out planner.Outpu
 	// We just apply all manifests.
 	if in.MostRecentSuccessfulCommitHash == "" {
 		out.Stages = buildPipeline(cfg.Input.AutoRollback, time.Now())
-		out.Summary = "Sync by applying all manifests because it seems this is the first deployment"
+		out.Summary = "Quick sync by applying all manifests because it seems this is the first deployment"
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ func (p *Planner) Plan(ctx context.Context, in planner.Input) (out planner.Outpu
 func decideStrategy(olds, news []provider.Manifest) (progressive bool, desc string) {
 	oldWorkload, ok := findWorkload(olds)
 	if !ok {
-		desc = "Sync by applying all manifests because it was unable to find the currently running workloads"
+		desc = "Quick sync by applying all manifests because it was unable to find the currently running workloads"
 		return
 	}
 	newWorkload, ok := findWorkload(news)
 	if !ok {
-		desc = "Sync by applying all manifests because it was unable to find workloads in the new manifests"
+		desc = "Quick sync by applying all manifests because it was unable to find workloads in the new manifests"
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func decideStrategy(olds, news []provider.Manifest) (progressive bool, desc stri
 		return
 	}
 
-	desc = "Sync by applying all manifests"
+	desc = "Quick sync by applying all manifests"
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/deployment.go b/pkg/config/deployment.go
index 833dd49687..453199abc2 100644
--- a/pkg/config/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/config/deployment.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type Pipelineable interface {
 // DeploymentCommitMatcher provides a way to decide how to deploy.
 type DeploymentCommitMatcher struct {
 	// It makes sure to perform syncing if the commit message matches this regular expression.
-	Sync string `json:"sync"`
+	QuickSync string `json:"quickSync"`
 	// It makes sure to perform pipeline if the commit message matches this regular expression.
 	Pipeline string `json:"pipeline"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/config/deployment_kubernetes.go b/pkg/config/deployment_kubernetes.go
index 3dddd0e999..17048b68d1 100644
--- a/pkg/config/deployment_kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/config/deployment_kubernetes.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package config
 type KubernetesDeploymentSpec struct {
 	Input         KubernetesDeploymentInput `json:"input"`
 	CommitMatcher DeploymentCommitMatcher   `json:"commitMatcher"`
-	Sync          K8sSyncStageOptions       `json:"sync"`
+	QuickSync     K8sSyncStageOptions       `json:"quickSync"`
 	Pipeline      *DeploymentPipeline       `json:"pipeline"`
 
 	// Which resource should be considered as the Service of application.