diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BuiltInOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BuiltInOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java
index 21675ff228c..0d30ff1d5f0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BuiltInOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BuiltInOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ final class BuiltInOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider {
   private BuiltInOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider() {}
 
   OpenTelemetry getOrCreateOpenTelemetry(
-      String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials, @Nullable String metricsHost) {
+      String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials, @Nullable String monitoringHost) {
     try {
       if (this.openTelemetry == null) {
         SdkMeterProviderBuilder sdkMeterProviderBuilder = SdkMeterProvider.builder();
         BuiltInOpenTelemetryMetricsView.registerBuiltinMetrics(
-            SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter.create(projectId, credentials, metricsHost),
+            SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter.create(projectId, credentials, monitoringHost),
             sdkMeterProviderBuilder);
         this.openTelemetry =
             OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setMeterProvider(sdkMeterProviderBuilder.build()).build();
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter.java
index 319d7ff3548..fc101fbcfc3 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter implements MetricExporter {
   private final String spannerProjectId;
 
   static SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter create(
-      String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials, @Nullable String metricsHost)
+      String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials, @Nullable String monitoringHost)
       throws IOException {
     MetricServiceSettings.Builder settingsBuilder = MetricServiceSettings.newBuilder();
     CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider;
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ static SpannerCloudMonitoringExporter create(
       credentialsProvider = FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credentials);
     }
     settingsBuilder.setCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
-    if (metricsHost != null) {
-      settingsBuilder.setEndpoint(metricsHost);
+    if (monitoringHost != null) {
+      settingsBuilder.setEndpoint(monitoringHost);
     }
 
     org.threeten.bp.Duration timeout = Duration.ofMinutes(1);
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
index 65e6782f0f0..d85b39c1253 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class SpannerOptions extends ServiceOptions<Spanner, SpannerOptions> {
   private final boolean enableBuiltInMetrics;
   private final boolean enableExtendedTracing;
   private final boolean enableEndToEndTracing;
-  private final String metricsHost;
+  private final String monitoringHost;
 
   enum TracingFramework {
     OPEN_CENSUS,
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ protected SpannerOptions(Builder builder) {
     enableExtendedTracing = builder.enableExtendedTracing;
     enableBuiltInMetrics = builder.enableBuiltInMetrics;
     enableEndToEndTracing = builder.enableEndToEndTracing;
-    metricsHost = builder.metricsHost;
+    monitoringHost = builder.monitoringHost;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ default boolean isEnableEndToEndTracing() {
       return false;
     }
 
-    default String getMetricsHost() {
+    default String getMonitoringHost() {
       return null;
     }
   }
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ private static class SpannerEnvironmentImpl implements SpannerEnvironment {
     private static final String SPANNER_ENABLE_END_TO_END_TRACING =
         "SPANNER_ENABLE_END_TO_END_TRACING";
     private static final String SPANNER_DISABLE_BUILTIN_METRICS = "SPANNER_DISABLE_BUILTIN_METRICS";
-    private static final String SPANNER_METRICS_HOST = "SPANNER_METRICS_HOST";
+    private static final String SPANNER_MONITORING_HOST = "SPANNER_MONITORING_HOST";
 
     private SpannerEnvironmentImpl() {}
 
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ public boolean isEnableEndToEndTracing() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getMetricsHost() {
-      return System.getenv(SPANNER_METRICS_HOST);
+    public String getMonitoringHost() {
+      return System.getenv(SPANNER_MONITORING_HOST);
     }
   }
 
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ public static class Builder
     private boolean enableExtendedTracing = SpannerOptions.environment.isEnableExtendedTracing();
     private boolean enableEndToEndTracing = SpannerOptions.environment.isEnableEndToEndTracing();
     private boolean enableBuiltInMetrics = SpannerOptions.environment.isEnableBuiltInMetrics();
-    private String metricsHost = SpannerOptions.environment.getMetricsHost();
+    private String monitoringHost = SpannerOptions.environment.getMonitoringHost();
 
     private static String createCustomClientLibToken(String token) {
       return token + " " + ServiceOptions.getGoogApiClientLibName();
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ protected Builder() {
       this.enableExtendedTracing = options.enableExtendedTracing;
       this.enableBuiltInMetrics = options.enableBuiltInMetrics;
       this.enableEndToEndTracing = options.enableEndToEndTracing;
-      this.metricsHost = options.metricsHost;
+      this.monitoringHost = options.monitoringHost;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1431,9 +1431,9 @@ public Builder setBuiltInMetricsEnabled(boolean enableBuiltInMetrics) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    /** Sets the metrics host to be used for Built-in client side metrics */
-    public Builder setMetricsHost(String metricsHost) {
-      this.metricsHost = metricsHost;
+    /** Sets the monitoring host to be used for Built-in client side metrics */
+    public Builder setMonitoringHost(String monitoringHost) {
+      this.monitoringHost = monitoringHost;
       return this;
     }
 
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ private ApiTracerFactory getDefaultApiTracerFactory() {
   private ApiTracerFactory createMetricsApiTracerFactory() {
     OpenTelemetry openTelemetry =
         this.builtInOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.getOrCreateOpenTelemetry(
-            this.getProjectId(), getCredentials(), this.metricsHost);
+            this.getProjectId(), getCredentials(), this.monitoringHost);
 
     return openTelemetry != null
         ? new MetricsTracerFactory(
@@ -1775,8 +1775,8 @@ public boolean isEnableBuiltInMetrics() {
   }
 
   /** Returns the override metrics Host. */
-  String getMetricsHost() {
-    return metricsHost;
+  String getMonitoringHost() {
+    return monitoringHost;
   }
 
   @BetaApi
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java
index 2bb16833b85..7b891fdb7a9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java
@@ -755,15 +755,15 @@ public void testEndToEndTracingEnablement() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testMetricsHost() {
+  public void testmonitoringHost() {
     String metricsEndpoint = "test-endpoint:443";
-    assertNull(SpannerOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId("p").build().getMetricsHost());
+    assertNull(SpannerOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId("p").build().getMonitoringHost());
     assertThat(
             SpannerOptions.newBuilder()
                 .setProjectId("p")
-                .setMetricsHost(metricsEndpoint)
+                .setMonitoringHost(metricsEndpoint)
                 .build()
-                .getMetricsHost())
+                .getMonitoringHost())
         .isEqualTo(metricsEndpoint);
   }