diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
index ab0a38aaa4..ed9312f93f 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ pub struct DeviceInfo {
     ///
     /// Enabling this will result in the VM balloon device having f_reporting=on set
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub enable_balloon_f_reporting: bool,
+    pub reclaim_guest_freed_memory: bool,
 }
 
 impl DeviceInfo {
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-dragonball.toml.in b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-dragonball.toml.in
index 07c943e711..e2dc7ae856 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-dragonball.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-dragonball.toml.in
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ default_maxvcpus = @DEFMAXVCPUS_DB@
 # > 5                --> will be set to 5
 default_bridges = @DEFBRIDGES@
 
-# Enable balloon f_reporting
-# Enabling this will result in the VM balloon device having f_reporting=on set
+# Reclaim guest freed memory.
+# Enabling this will result in the VM balloon device having f_reporting=on set.
+# Then the hypervisor will use it to reclaim guest freed memory.
+# This is useful for reducing the amount of memory used by a VM.
+# Enabling this feature may sometimes reduce the speed of memory access in
+# the VM.
 #
 # Default false
-#enable_balloon_f_reporting = true
+#reclaim_guest_freed_memory = true
 
 # Default memory size in MiB for SB/VM.
 # If unspecified then it will be set @DEFMEMSZ@ MiB.
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs
index 57613813dd..92637e2bc4 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ impl DragonballInner {
                         use_shared_irq: None,
                         use_generic_irq: None,
                         f_deflate_on_oom: false,
-                        f_reporting: self.config.device_info.enable_balloon_f_reporting,
+                        f_reporting: self.config.device_info.reclaim_guest_freed_memory,
                     };
                     self.vmm_instance
                         .insert_balloon_device(balloon_config)
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ impl DragonballInner {
                     use_shared_irq: None,
                     use_generic_irq: None,
                     f_deflate_on_oom: false,
-                    f_reporting: self.config.device_info.enable_balloon_f_reporting,
+                    f_reporting: self.config.device_info.reclaim_guest_freed_memory,
                 };
                 self.balloon_size = had_mem_mb - new_mem_mb;
                 self.vmm_instance
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
index 9b0a238242..4b85420ad2 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl Hypervisor for Dragonball {
         let mut inner = self.inner.write().await;
         let ret = inner.start_vm(timeout).await;
 
-        if ret.is_ok() && inner.config.device_info.enable_balloon_f_reporting {
+        if ret.is_ok() && inner.config.device_info.reclaim_guest_freed_memory {
             // The virtio-balloon device must be inserted into dragonball and
             // recognized by the guest kernel only after the dragonball upcall is ready.
             // The dragonball upcall is not ready immediately after the VM starts,