diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/CHANGELOG.md b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/CHANGELOG.md
index ed301db73a..249a804a8b 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ Full documentation for ROCm Compute Profiler is available at [https://rocm.docs.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-* Add Docker files to package the application and dependencies into a single portable and executable standalone binary file  
+### Added
+
+* Add Docker files to package the application and dependencies into a single portable and executable standalone binary file
+
+### Changed
+
+* Change normal_unit default to per_kernel
+
 
 ## (Unreleased) ROCm Compute Profiler 3.1.0 for ROCm 6.4.0
 
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/argparser.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/argparser.py
index 159b00ab66..ef6a89f80e 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/argparser.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/argparser.py
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ Examples:
         "--normal-unit",
         dest="normal_unit",
         metavar="",
-        default="per_wave",
+        default="per_kernel",
         choices=["per_wave", "per_cycle", "per_second", "per_kernel"],
-        help="\t\tSpecify the normalization unit: (DEFAULT: per_wave)\n\t\t   per_wave\n\t\t   per_cycle\n\t\t   per_second\n\t\t   per_kernel",
+        help="\t\tSpecify the normalization unit: (DEFAULT: per_kernel)\n\t\t   per_wave\n\t\t   per_cycle\n\t\t   per_second\n\t\t   per_kernel",
     )
     analyze_advanced_group.add_argument(
         "-t",