diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/ProxyModeInfo.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/ProxyModeInfo.java
index 0fc4f240eb8ef..79758ec709c63 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/ProxyModeInfo.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/ProxyModeInfo.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 
 public class ProxyModeInfo implements RemoteConnectionInfo.ModeInfo {
     static final String NAME = "proxy";
-    static final String ADDRESS = "address";
-    static final String NUM_SOCKETS_CONNECTED = "num_sockets_connected";
-    static final String MAX_SOCKET_CONNECTIONS = "max_socket_connections";
+    static final String PROXY_ADDRESS = "proxy_address";
+    static final String NUM_PROXY_SOCKETS_CONNECTED = "num_proxy_sockets_connected";
+    static final String MAX_PROXY_SOCKET_CONNECTIONS = "max_proxy_socket_connections";
     private final String address;
     private final int maxSocketConnections;
     private final int numSocketsConnected;
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/RemoteConnectionInfo.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/RemoteConnectionInfo.java
index 2bf99c61085c4..474b991cd434a 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/RemoteConnectionInfo.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/cluster/RemoteConnectionInfo.java
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ public final class RemoteConnectionInfo {
         PARSER.declareString(constructorArg(), new ParseField(INITIAL_CONNECT_TIMEOUT));
         PARSER.declareBoolean(constructorArg(), new ParseField(SKIP_UNAVAILABLE));
 
-        PARSER.declareString(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(ProxyModeInfo.ADDRESS));
-        PARSER.declareInt(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(ProxyModeInfo.MAX_SOCKET_CONNECTIONS));
-        PARSER.declareInt(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(ProxyModeInfo.NUM_SOCKETS_CONNECTED));
+        PARSER.declareString(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(ProxyModeInfo.PROXY_ADDRESS));
+        PARSER.declareInt(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(ProxyModeInfo.MAX_PROXY_SOCKET_CONNECTIONS));
+        PARSER.declareInt(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(ProxyModeInfo.NUM_PROXY_SOCKETS_CONNECTED));
 
         PARSER.declareStringArray(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(SniffModeInfo.SEEDS));
         PARSER.declareInt(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField(SniffModeInfo.MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_CLUSTER));
diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster/remote-info.asciidoc b/docs/reference/cluster/remote-info.asciidoc
index 8e81a0444886c..05931ea2d6a16 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster/remote-info.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster/remote-info.asciidoc
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ by the configured remote cluster alias.
     Maximum number of connections maintained for the remote cluster when sniff
     mode is configured.
 
-`address`::
+`proxy_address`::
     Address for remote connections when proxy mode is configured.
 
-`num_sockets_connected`::
+`num_proxy_sockets_connected`::
     Number of open socket connections to the remote cluster when proxy mode
     is configured.
 
-`max_socket_connections`::
+`max_proxy_socket_connections`::
     The maximum number of socket connections to the remote cluster when proxy
     mode is configured.
diff --git a/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/20_info.yml b/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/20_info.yml
index 0e5236f9b1171..f8a31c5ec9214 100644
--- a/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/20_info.yml
+++ b/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/20_info.yml
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
       cluster.remote_info: {}
 
   - match: { test_remote_cluster.connected: true }
-  - match: { test_remote_cluster.address: $remote_ip }
-  - gt:    { test_remote_cluster.num_sockets_connected: 0}
-  - match: { test_remote_cluster.max_socket_connections: 10}
+  - match: { test_remote_cluster.proxy_address: $remote_ip }
+  - gt:    { test_remote_cluster.num_proxy_sockets_connected: 0}
+  - match: { test_remote_cluster.max_proxy_socket_connections: 10}
   - match: { test_remote_cluster.initial_connect_timeout: "30s" }
   - match: { test_remote_cluster.mode: "proxy" }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ProxyConnectionStrategy.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ProxyConnectionStrategy.java
index 5ce6de7998801..2d314a591b57a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ProxyConnectionStrategy.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/ProxyConnectionStrategy.java
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ private ProxyModeInfo(StreamInput input) throws IOException {
 
         @Override
         public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
-            builder.field("address", address);
-            builder.field("num_sockets_connected", numSocketsConnected);
-            builder.field("max_socket_connections", maxSocketConnections);
+            builder.field("proxy_address", address);
+            builder.field("num_proxy_sockets_connected", numSocketsConnected);
+            builder.field("max_proxy_socket_connections", maxSocketConnections);
             return builder;
         }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
index f8a4fe4b9429b..2e3102cb7e926 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ public void testRenderConnectionInfoXContent() throws IOException {
                 "\"num_nodes_connected\":2,\"max_connections_per_cluster\":3,\"initial_connect_timeout\":\"30m\"," +
                 "\"skip_unavailable\":true}}", Strings.toString(builder));
         } else {
-            assertEquals("{\"test_cluster\":{\"connected\":true,\"mode\":\"proxy\",\"address\":\"seed:1\"," +
-                "\"num_sockets_connected\":16,\"max_socket_connections\":18,\"initial_connect_timeout\":\"30m\"," +
+            assertEquals("{\"test_cluster\":{\"connected\":true,\"mode\":\"proxy\",\"proxy_address\":\"seed:1\"," +
+                "\"num_proxy_sockets_connected\":16,\"max_proxy_socket_connections\":18,\"initial_connect_timeout\":\"30m\"," +
                 "\"skip_unavailable\":true}}", Strings.toString(builder));
         }
     }