diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/shard/ShardStateAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/shard/ShardStateAction.java
index 3d06d9a03cc..e12b88fc8c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/shard/ShardStateAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/shard/ShardStateAction.java
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ImmutableShardRouting.readShardR
  */
 public class ShardStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
 
-    public static final String SHARD_STARTED_ACTION_NAME = "internal:cluster/shard/failure";
-    public static final String SHARD_FAILED_ACTION_NAME = "internal:cluster/shard/started";
+    public static final String SHARD_STARTED_ACTION_NAME = "internal:cluster/shard/started";
+    public static final String SHARD_FAILED_ACTION_NAME = "internal:cluster/shard/failure";
 
     private final TransportService transportService;
     private final ClusterService clusterService;