diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 77348a7d1b6e14..f5d04526f554b1 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -3241,20 +3241,20 @@ request will be blocked.
 If `port` is omitted or is 0, the operating system will assign an arbitrary
 unused port, which it's output will be the standard output.
 
-Also accessible via `require('node:http/server')`.
+Also accessible via `require('node:http/static')`.
 
 ```bash
 # Starts serving the cwd on a random port:
-node -r node:http/server
+node -r node:http/static
 node -e 'http.createStaticServer()'
 
 # To start serving on the port 8080 using /path/to/dir as the root:
-node -r node:http/server /path/to/dir --port 8080
+node -r node:http/static /path/to/dir --port 8080
 node -e 'http.createStaticServer({directory: "/path/to/dir", port: 8080})'
 
 # Same as above, but exposing your local file system to the whole
 # IPv4 network:
-node -r node:http/server /path/to/dir --port 8080 --host 0.0.0.0
+node -r node:http/static /path/to/dir --port 8080 --host 0.0.0.0
 node -e 'http.createStaticServer({directory: "/path/to/dir", port: 8080, host: "0.0.0.0"})'
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index a92fcd4df3f7ad..70e551627848be 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const {
   Server,
   ServerResponse
 } = require('_http_server');
-const createStaticServer = require('http/server');
+const createStaticServer = require('http/static');
 let maxHeaderSize;
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/http/server.js b/lib/http/static.js
similarity index 97%
rename from lib/http/server.js
rename to lib/http/static.js
index 2f583c904e89d4..793dfdc9c011f8 100644
--- a/lib/http/server.js
+++ b/lib/http/static.js
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ const { emitExperimentalWarning, kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 const { validateFunction, validatePort } = require('internal/validators');
 
-emitExperimentalWarning('http/server');
-
 if (module.isPreloading) {
   const requiredModules = getOptionValue('--require');
   if (ArrayPrototypeIncludes(requiredModules, `node:${module.id}`) ||
@@ -41,8 +39,8 @@ if (module.isPreloading) {
       },
     } });
     nextTick(createStaticServer, { directory: process.argv[1], port, host });
-    process.env.NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE = 'node:http/server';
-    process.argv[1] = 'node:http/server';
+    process.env.NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE = 'node:http/static';
+    process.argv[1] = 'node:http/static';
   }
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +49,8 @@ function filterDotFiles(url, fileURL) {
 }
 
 function createStaticServer(options = kEmptyObject) {
+  emitExperimentalWarning('http/static');
+
   const {
     directory = cwd(),
     port,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-createstaticserver.js b/test/parallel/test-http-createstaticserver.js
index 9d0d7e1a9812b1..86cf755df1dcf7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-createstaticserver.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-createstaticserver.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const { mustCall } = require('../common');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const assert = require('node:assert');
 const { MIMEType } = require('node:util');
-const createStaticServer = require('node:http/server');
+const createStaticServer = require('node:http/static');
 
 [0, 1, 1n, '', '1', true, false, NaN, Symbol(), {}, []].forEach((filter) => {
   assert.throws(() => createStaticServer({ filter }), { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' });