diff --git a/command/agent/agent.go b/command/agent/agent.go
index 5a57aaf50d..05f54f2dfd 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (c *cmd) run(args []string) int {
 	c.logOutput = logOutput
 	c.logger = log.New(logOutput, "", log.LstdFlags)
 
-	memSink, err := lib.StartupTelemetry(config.TelemetryConfig(false))
+	memSink, err := lib.InitTelemetry(config.TelemetryConfig(false))
 	if err != nil {
 		c.UI.Error(err.Error())
 		return 1
diff --git a/connect/proxy/proxy.go b/connect/proxy/proxy.go
index 65a929b4a9..cef9b71265 100644
--- a/connect/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/connect/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (p *Proxy) Serve() error {
 				// Setup telemetry if configured
 				if len(newCfg.Telemetry) > 0 {
 					p.logger.Printf("[DEBUG] got Telemetry confg: %v", newCfg.Telemetry)
-					_, err := lib.StartupTelemetry(newCfg.Telemetry)
+					_, err := lib.InitTelemetry(newCfg.Telemetry)
 					if err != nil {
 						p.logger.Printf("[ERR] proxy telemetry config error: %s", err)
 					}
diff --git a/lib/telemetry.go b/lib/telemetry.go
index cea2333d0a..843e6c73a9 100644
--- a/lib/telemetry.go
+++ b/lib/telemetry.go
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ func cfgStrSliceVal(i interface{}) []string {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// StartupTelemetry configures go-metrics based on map of telemetry config
+// InitTelemetry configures go-metrics based on map of telemetry config
 // values as returned by RuntimecfgStringVal(cfg["Config"])().
-func StartupTelemetry(cfg map[string]interface{}) (*metrics.InmemSink, error) {
+func InitTelemetry(cfg map[string]interface{}) (*metrics.InmemSink, error) {
 	// Setup telemetry
 	// Aggregate on 10 second intervals for 1 minute. Expose the
 	// metrics over stderr when there is a SIGUSR1 received.