diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index 7041aec6047..457ff60b4b5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -482,14 +482,15 @@ DEFAULT_BECOME_FLAGS:
   env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS}]
   ini:
   - {key: become_flags, section: privilege_escalation}
-DEFAULT_BECOME_PLUGIN_PATH:
+BECOME_PLUGIN_PATH:
   name: Become plugins path
-  default: ~/.ansible/plugins/become:/usr/share/ansible/become
+  default: ~/.ansible/plugins/become:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/become
   description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Become Plugins.
   env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_PLUGINS}]
   ini:
   - {key: become_plugins, section: defaults}
   type: pathspec
+  version_added: "2.8"
 DEFAULT_BECOME_USER:
   # FIXME: should really be blank and make -u passing optional depending on it
   name: Set the user you 'become' via privilege escalation
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
index d7746a50aa4..9c9458f3498 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
@@ -848,6 +848,6 @@ httpapi_loader = PluginLoader(
 become_loader = PluginLoader(
     'BecomeModule',
     'ansible.plugins.become',
-    C.DEFAULT_BECOME_PLUGIN_PATH,
+    C.BECOME_PLUGIN_PATH,
     'become_plugins'
 )