diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 3ca7a1307d7..b007dd7c72a 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
         <module>cloud-gce</module>
         <module>cloud-azure</module>
         <module>cloud-aws</module>
-        <module>example-site</module>
+        <module>site-example</module>
         <module>lang-python</module>
         <module>lang-javascript</module>
         <module>delete-by-query</module>
diff --git a/plugins/example-site/pom.xml b/plugins/site-example/pom.xml
similarity index 97%
rename from plugins/example-site/pom.xml
rename to plugins/site-example/pom.xml
index b4d9f59762c..15060e0bd52 100644
--- a/plugins/example-site/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/site-example/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <version>2.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>elasticsearch-example-site</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>elasticsearch-site-example</artifactId>
     <name>Elasticsearch Example site plugin</name>
     <description>Demonstrates how to serve resources via elasticsearch.</description>
 
diff --git a/plugins/example-site/rest-api-spec/test/example/10_basic.yaml b/plugins/site-example/rest-api-spec/test/example/10_basic.yaml
similarity index 83%
rename from plugins/example-site/rest-api-spec/test/example/10_basic.yaml
rename to plugins/site-example/rest-api-spec/test/example/10_basic.yaml
index 91d88f28dd1..a66ce5c9133 100644
--- a/plugins/example-site/rest-api-spec/test/example/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/plugins/site-example/rest-api-spec/test/example/10_basic.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     - do:
         nodes.info: {}
 
-    - match:  { nodes.$master.plugins.0.name: example-site  }
+    - match:  { nodes.$master.plugins.0.name: site-example  }
     - match:  { nodes.$master.plugins.0.jvm: false  }
     - match:  { nodes.$master.plugins.0.site: true  }
diff --git a/plugins/example-site/src/main/assemblies/plugin-assembly.xml b/plugins/site-example/src/main/assemblies/plugin-assembly.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/example-site/src/main/assemblies/plugin-assembly.xml
rename to plugins/site-example/src/main/assemblies/plugin-assembly.xml
diff --git a/plugins/example-site/src/site/_site/index.html b/plugins/site-example/src/site/_site/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/example-site/src/site/_site/index.html
rename to plugins/site-example/src/site/_site/index.html
diff --git a/plugins/example-site/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/example/SiteRestIT.java b/plugins/site-example/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/example/SiteRestIT.java
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/example-site/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/example/SiteRestIT.java
rename to plugins/site-example/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/example/SiteRestIT.java