diff --git a/docs/subsystems/auth.md b/docs/subsystems/auth.md
index efe0de71a9..b39a762e6b 100644
--- a/docs/subsystems/auth.md
+++ b/docs/subsystems/auth.md
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ information on these modes, refer
   to their usernames (e.g. for `ldapuser1@zulip.com`, the password is
   `ldapuser1`).
 
-- `FAKE_LDAP_EXTRA_USERS` in `zproject/dev_settings.py` can be used to
-generate additional extra users to be added, in addition to the
-8 default LDAP users.
+- `FAKE_LDAP_NUM_USERS` in `zproject/dev_settings.py` can be used to
+specify the number of LDAP users to be added. The default value for
+the number of LDAP users is 8.
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
index b34c1beac6..d0aabd8df5 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
@@ -2110,21 +2110,21 @@ class TestLDAP(ZulipTestCase):
         realm.save()
 
     def test_generate_dev_ldap_dir(self) -> None:
-        ldap_dir = generate_dev_ldap_dir('A', 2)
+        ldap_dir = generate_dev_ldap_dir('A', 10)
         self.assertEqual(len(ldap_dir), 10)
         regex = re.compile(r'(uid\=)+[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+(\,ou\=users\,dc\=zulip\,dc\=com)')
         for key, value in ldap_dir.items():
             self.assertTrue(regex.match(key))
             self.assertCountEqual(list(value.keys()), ['cn', 'userPassword'])
 
-        ldap_dir = generate_dev_ldap_dir('b', 1)
+        ldap_dir = generate_dev_ldap_dir('b', 9)
         self.assertEqual(len(ldap_dir), 9)
         regex = re.compile(r'(uid\=)+[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+(\,ou\=users\,dc\=zulip\,dc\=com)')
         for key, value in ldap_dir.items():
             self.assertTrue(regex.match(key))
             self.assertCountEqual(list(value.keys()), ['cn', 'userPassword'])
 
-        ldap_dir = generate_dev_ldap_dir('c', 0)
+        ldap_dir = generate_dev_ldap_dir('c', 8)
         self.assertEqual(len(ldap_dir), 8)
         regex = re.compile(r'(uid\=)+[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+(\,ou\=users\,dc\=zulip\,dc\=com)')
         for key, value in ldap_dir.items():
diff --git a/zproject/backends.py b/zproject/backends.py
index f6a3f9b668..994a2d279c 100644
--- a/zproject/backends.py
+++ b/zproject/backends.py
@@ -107,20 +107,11 @@ def common_get_active_user(email: str, realm: Realm,
         return None
     return user_profile
 
-def generate_dev_ldap_dir(mode: str, extra_users: int=0) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Sequence[str]]]:
+def generate_dev_ldap_dir(mode: str, num_users: int=8) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Sequence[str]]]:
     mode = mode.lower()
-    names = [
-        ("Zoe", "ldap_ZOE@zulip.com"),
-        ("Othello, the Moor of Venice", "ldap_othello@zulip.com"),
-        ("Iago", "ldap_iago@zulip.com"),
-        ("Prospero from The Tempest", "ldap_prospero@zulip.com"),
-        ("Cordelia Lear", "ldap_cordelia@zulip.com"),
-        ("King Hamlet", "ldap_hamlet@zulip.com"),
-        ("aaron", "ldap_AARON@zulip.com"),
-        ("Polonius", "ldap_polonius@zulip.com"),
-    ]
-    for i in range(extra_users):
-        names.append(('Extra User %d' % (i,), 'ldap_extrauser%d@zulip.com' % (i,)))
+    names = []
+    for i in range(1, num_users+1):
+        names.append(('LDAP User %d' % (i,), 'ldapuser%d@zulip.com' % (i,)))
 
     ldap_dir = {}
     if mode == 'a':
@@ -336,7 +327,7 @@ class ZulipLDAPAuthBackend(ZulipLDAPAuthBackendBase):
             self.mock_initialize.return_value = self.mock_ldap
 
             self.mock_ldap.directory = generate_dev_ldap_dir(settings.FAKE_LDAP_MODE,
-                                                             settings.FAKE_LDAP_EXTRA_USERS)
+                                                             settings.FAKE_LDAP_NUM_USERS)
 
     def authenticate(self, username: str, password: str, realm: Optional[Realm]=None,
                      return_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]=None) -> Optional[UserProfile]:
diff --git a/zproject/dev_settings.py b/zproject/dev_settings.py
index c68525301a..bf6dccd1bd 100644
--- a/zproject/dev_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/dev_settings.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ALWAYS_SEND_ALL_HOTSPOTS = False  # type: bool
 # In any case, the LDAP user account data is available in:
 #    zerver/tests/fixtures/ldap_dir.json
 FAKE_LDAP_MODE = None  # type: Optional[str]
-FAKE_LDAP_EXTRA_USERS = 0
+# FAKE_LDAP_NUM_USERS = 8
 
 if FAKE_LDAP_MODE:
     LDAP_APPEND_DOMAIN = None
diff --git a/zproject/settings.py b/zproject/settings.py
index 3c598820ed..a8cb4a5a31 100644
--- a/zproject/settings.py
+++ b/zproject/settings.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
     # support local development of LDAP auth without an LDAP server.
     # Detailed docs in zproject/dev_settings.py.
     'FAKE_LDAP_MODE': None,
-    'FAKE_LDAP_EXTRA_USERS': 0,
+    'FAKE_LDAP_NUM_USERS': 8,
 
     # Social auth; we support providing values for some of these
     # settings in zulip-secrets.conf instead of settings.py in development.