diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-stats.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-stats.xml
index f8fd0ba9dff..8ba66e60d70 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-stats.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-stats.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <Call name="insertHandler">
     <Arg>
       <New id="StatsHandler" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.StatisticsHandler">
-        <Set name="asyncGraceful"><Property name="jetty.statistics.asyncGraceful" default="true"/></Set>
+        <Set name="gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests"><Property name="jetty.statistics.gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests" default="true"/></Set>
       </New>
     </Arg>
   </Call>
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/stats.mod b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/stats.mod
index 23b0f16237a..a6289c4174b 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/stats.mod
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/stats.mod
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jetty.webapp.addServerClasses+=,-org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.StatisticsServlet
 [ini-template]
 
 ## If the Graceful shutdown should wait for async requests as well as the currently dispatched ones.
-# jetty.statistics.asyncGraceful=true
+# jetty.statistics.gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests=true
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandler.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandler.java
index 70650b7a04c..96589551295 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandler.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class StatisticsHandler extends HandlerWrapper implements Graceful
     private final LongAdder _responses5xx = new LongAdder();
     private final LongAdder _responsesTotalBytes = new LongAdder();
 
-    private boolean asyncGraceful = true;
+    private boolean _gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests = true;
 
     private final Graceful.Shutdown _shutdown = new Graceful.Shutdown()
     {
@@ -81,25 +81,25 @@ public class StatisticsHandler extends HandlerWrapper implements Graceful
     private final AsyncListener _onCompletion = new AsyncListener()
     {
         @Override
-        public void onStartAsync(AsyncEvent event) throws IOException
+        public void onStartAsync(AsyncEvent event)
         {
             event.getAsyncContext().addListener(this);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onTimeout(AsyncEvent event) throws IOException
+        public void onTimeout(AsyncEvent event)
         {
             _expires.increment();
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onError(AsyncEvent event) throws IOException
+        public void onError(AsyncEvent event)
         {
             _errors.increment();
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onComplete(AsyncEvent event) throws IOException
+        public void onComplete(AsyncEvent event)
         {
             HttpChannelState state = ((AsyncContextEvent)event).getHttpChannelState();
 
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ public class StatisticsHandler extends HandlerWrapper implements Graceful
 
             _asyncWaitStats.decrement();
 
-            // If we have no more dispatches, should we signal shutdown?
-            if (numRequests == 0 && asyncGraceful)
+            if (numRequests == 0 && _gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests)
             {
                 FutureCallback shutdown = _shutdown.get();
                 if (shutdown != null)
@@ -207,9 +206,7 @@ public class StatisticsHandler extends HandlerWrapper implements Graceful
             if (shutdown != null)
             {
                 response.flushBuffer();
-
-                // If we either have no more requests or dispatches, we can complete shutdown.
-                if (asyncGraceful ? (numRequests == 0) : (numDispatches == 0))
+                if (_gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests ? (numRequests == 0) : (numDispatches == 0))
                     shutdown.succeeded();
             }
         }
@@ -268,11 +265,23 @@ public class StatisticsHandler extends HandlerWrapper implements Graceful
      * Set whether the graceful shutdown should wait for all requests to complete including
      * async requests which are not currently dispatched, or whether it should only wait for all the
      * actively dispatched requests to complete.
-     * @param asyncGraceful true to wait for async requests on graceful shutdown.
+     * @param gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests true to wait for async requests on graceful shutdown.
      */
-    public void setAsyncGraceful(boolean asyncGraceful)
+    public void setGracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests(boolean gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests)
     {
-        this.asyncGraceful = asyncGraceful;
+        _gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests = gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return whether the graceful shutdown will wait for all requests to complete including
+     * async requests which are not currently dispatched, or whether it will only wait for all the
+     * actively dispatched requests to complete.
+     * @see #getAsyncDispatches()
+     */
+    @ManagedAttribute("if graceful shutdown will wait for all requests")
+    public boolean getGracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests()
+    {
+        return _gracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandlerTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandlerTest.java
index c4bbc702cf9..7ce2b5b0718 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandlerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/StatisticsHandlerTest.java
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ public class StatisticsHandlerTest
         CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(3);
         final AtomicReference<AsyncContext> asyncHolder = new AtomicReference<>();
         final CountDownLatch dispatched = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        _statsHandler.setAsyncGraceful(true);
+        _statsHandler.setGracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests(true);
         _statsHandler.setHandler(new AbstractHandler()
         {
             @Override
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public class StatisticsHandlerTest
         CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(3);
         final AtomicReference<AsyncContext> asyncHolder = new AtomicReference<>();
         final CountDownLatch dispatched = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        _statsHandler.setAsyncGraceful(false);
+        _statsHandler.setGracefulShutdownWaitsForRequests(false);
         _statsHandler.setHandler(new AbstractHandler()
         {
             @Override