diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
index 303705cbce2..e59f99c85c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, Closeable {
             SecurityManager s = System.getSecurityManager();
             group = (s != null)? s.getThreadGroup() :
                                  Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
-            namePrefix = "pool-" +
+            namePrefix = "hbase-table-pool" +
                           poolNumber.getAndIncrement() +
                          "-thread-";
         }