diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index 7c84ee4..fe0408f 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ const DefaultCapacity uint64 = 16
 // hash table implementations use 2.
 const DefaultGrowthFactor uint64 = 2
 
-// MinimumLoad is the default lowest acceptable occupancy of a [Table]. The
-// higher the minimum load, the more likely that a [Table.Put] will not succeed.
-// The value of 5% is taken from [libcuckoo].
+// defaultMinimumLoad is the default lowest acceptable occupancy of a [Table].
+// The higher the minimum load, the more likely that a [Table.Put] will not
+// succeed. The value of 5% is taken from [libcuckoo].
 //
 // [libcuckoo]: https://github.com/efficient/libcuckoo/blob/656714705a055df2b7a605eb3c71586d9da1e119/libcuckoo/cuckoohash_config.hh#L21
-const MinimumLoad float64 = 0.05
+const defaultMinimumLoad float64 = 0.05
 
 type settings struct {
 	growthFactor  uint64
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index e644daf..922aa81 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func NewCustomTable[K, V any](hashA, hashB Hash[K], compare EqualFunc[K], option
 	settings := &settings{
 		growthFactor:  DefaultGrowthFactor,
 		bucketSize:    DefaultCapacity,
-		minLoadFactor: MinimumLoad,
+		minLoadFactor: defaultMinimumLoad,
 	}
 
 	for _, option := range options {