diff --git a/docs/source/concept_guides/low_precision_training.md b/docs/source/concept_guides/low_precision_training.md
index 96278842f48..2d8df0ca4e7 100644
--- a/docs/source/concept_guides/low_precision_training.md
+++ b/docs/source/concept_guides/low_precision_training.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The `TransformerEngine` can receive many different arguments that customize how
 
 * `margin`: The margin to use for the gradient scaling.
 * `interval`: The interval to use for how often the scaling factor is recomputed.
-* `fp8_format``: The format to use for the FP8 recipe. Must be one of `E4M3` or `HYBRID`.
+* `fp8_format``: The format to use for the FP8 recipe. Must be one of `HYBRID` or `E4M3`. (Generally `HYBRID` for training, `E4M3` for evaluation)
 * `amax_history_len`: The length of the history to use for the scaling factor computation
 * `amax_compute_algo`: The algorithm to use for the scaling factor computation. Must be one of `max` or `most_recent`.
 * `override_linear_precision`: Whether or not to execute `fprop`, `dgrad`, and `wgrad` GEMMS in higher precision.
diff --git a/docs/source/usage_guides/low_precision_training.md b/docs/source/usage_guides/low_precision_training.md
index 415175e53bd..f8f7d83df0e 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage_guides/low_precision_training.md
+++ b/docs/source/usage_guides/low_precision_training.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fp8_config:
   amax_compute_algorithm: max
   amax_history_length: 1024
   backend: TE
-  fp8_format: E4M3
+  fp8_format: HYBRID
   interval: 1
   margin: 0
   override_linear_precision: false
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fp8_config:
     amax_compute_algorithm: max
     amax_history_length: 1024
     backend: TE
-    fp8_format: E4M3
+    fp8_format: HYBRID
     interval: 1
     margin: 0
     override_linear_precision: false
diff --git a/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py b/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py
index 5901c4ba103..0862b9c9b09 100644
--- a/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py
+++ b/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py
@@ -735,8 +735,8 @@ def get_cluster_input():
                     )
                     fp8_config["fp8_format"] = _ask_options(
                         "Which weight format should be used?",
-                        ["E4M3", "HYBRID"],
-                        lambda x: "E4M3" if x == 0 else "HYBRID",
+                        ["HYBRID", "E4M3"],
+                        lambda x: "HYBRID" if x == 0 else "E4M3",
                         default=0,
                     )
                     fp8_config["amax_history_length"] = _ask_field(
diff --git a/src/accelerate/utils/dataclasses.py b/src/accelerate/utils/dataclasses.py
index 919b7fadc2b..1151cd73fda 100644
--- a/src/accelerate/utils/dataclasses.py
+++ b/src/accelerate/utils/dataclasses.py
@@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ class FP8RecipeKwargs(KwargsHandler):
             The margin to use for the gradient scaling.
         interval (`int`, *optional*, default to 1):
             The interval to use for how often the scaling factor is recomputed.
-        fp8_format (`str`, *optional*, default to "E4M3"):
-            The format to use for the FP8 recipe. Must be one of `E4M3` or `HYBRID`.
+        fp8_format (`str`, *optional*, default to "HYBRID"):
+            The format to use for the FP8 recipe. Must be one of `HYBRID` or `E4M3`. (Generally `HYBRID` for training,
+            `E4M3` for evaluation)
         amax_history_len (`int`, *optional*, default to 1024):
             The length of the history to use for the scaling factor computation
         amax_compute_algo (`str`, *optional*, default to "most_recent"):
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             if self.interval is None:
                 self.interval = int(os.environ.get(env_prefix + "INTERVAL", 1))
             if self.fp8_format is None:
-                self.fp8_format = os.environ.get(env_prefix + "FORMAT", "E4M3")
+                self.fp8_format = os.environ.get(env_prefix + "FORMAT", "HYBRID")
             self.fp8_format = self.fp8_format.upper()
             if self.fp8_format not in get_args(FP8Format):
                 raise ValueError(f"`fp8_format` must be one of {' or '.join(get_args(FP8Format))}.")