diff --git a/src/mgr/DaemonServer.cc b/src/mgr/DaemonServer.cc
index ea41ba05887099..479ea7a80cb099 100644
--- a/src/mgr/DaemonServer.cc
+++ b/src/mgr/DaemonServer.cc
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ bool DaemonServer::_handle_command(
       return true;
     }
     bool no_increasing = false;
-    cmd_getval(cmdctx->cmdmap, "no_increasing", no_increasing);
+    cmd_getval_compat_cephbool(cmdctx->cmdmap, "no_increasing", no_increasing);
     string out_str;
     mempool::osdmap::map<int32_t, uint32_t> new_weights;
     r = cluster_state.with_osdmap_and_pgmap([&](const OSDMap &osdmap, const PGMap& pgmap) {
diff --git a/src/mgr/MgrCommands.h b/src/mgr/MgrCommands.h
index bc3350da448ebd..11607446b84bc1 100644
--- a/src/mgr/MgrCommands.h
+++ b/src/mgr/MgrCommands.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ COMMAND("osd reweight-by-utilization " \
 	"name=oload,type=CephInt,req=false " \
 	"name=max_change,type=CephFloat,req=false "			\
 	"name=max_osds,type=CephInt,req=false "			\
-	"name=no_increasing,type=CephChoices,strings=--no-increasing,req=false",\
+	"name=no_increasing,type=CephBool,req=false",\
 	"reweight OSDs by utilization [overload-percentage-for-consideration, default 120]", \
 	"osd", "rw")
 COMMAND("osd test-reweight-by-utilization " \