diff --git a/doc/environment_variables.md b/doc/environment_variables.md
index fe3a81657eb..ec1b4f86717 100644
--- a/doc/environment_variables.md
+++ b/doc/environment_variables.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ some configuration as environment variables that can be set.
   - http2_stream_state - traces all http2 stream state mutations.
   - http1 - traces HTTP/1.x operations performed by gRPC
   - inproc - traces the in-process transport
-  - keepalive - traces keepalive pings
+  - http_keepalive - traces gRPC keepalive pings
   - flowctl - traces http2 flow control
   - lrs_lb - traces lrs LB policy
   - op_failure - traces error information when failure is pushed onto a
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
index f1724764da3..cc03a406903 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int g_default_max_ping_strikes = DEFAULT_MAX_PING_STRIKES;
 
 #define MAX_CLIENT_STREAM_ID 0x7fffffffu
 grpc_core::TraceFlag grpc_http_trace(false, "http");
-grpc_core::TraceFlag grpc_keepalive_trace(false, "keepalive");
+grpc_core::TraceFlag grpc_keepalive_trace(false, "http_keepalive");
 grpc_core::DebugOnlyTraceFlag grpc_trace_chttp2_refcount(false,
                                                          "chttp2_refcount");