diff --git a/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue b/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue
index d4fe0ca34..fc41576d5 100644
--- a/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue
+++ b/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue
@@ -106,11 +106,10 @@ export default {
             return ['p-confirm-dialog-reject', this.confirmation ? (this.confirmation.rejectClass || 'p-button-text') : null];
         },
         autoFocusAccept() {
-            return this.confirmation.defaultFocus === 'accept' ? true : false;
+            return (this.confirmation.defaultFocus === undefined || this.confirmation.defaultFocus === 'accept') ? true : false;
         },
         autoFocusReject() {
-            // backward compatibility
-            return this.confirmation.defaultFocus !== 'accept' ? true : false;
+            return this.confirmation.defaultFocus === 'reject' ? true : false;
         }
     },
     components: {
diff --git a/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue b/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue
index 8338644a4..64a2923fa 100644
--- a/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export default {
                     <tr>
                         <td>defaultFocus</td>
                         <td>string</td>
-                        <td>null</td>
+                        <td>accept</td>
                         <td>Element to receive the focus when the dialog gets visible, valid values are "accept" and "reject".</td>
                     </tr>
                 </tbody>