diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/action/GetJobsAction.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/action/GetJobsAction.java
index 09336c29bca..abe785ec7c7 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/action/GetJobsAction.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/action/GetJobsAction.java
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ public class GetJobsAction extends Action<GetJobsAction.Request, GetJobsAction.R
     private static final String CONFIG = "config";
     private static final String DATA_COUNTS = "data_counts";
     private static final String MODEL_SIZE_STATS = "model_size_stats";
-    private static final String SCHEDULER_STATE = "scheduler_state";
+    private static final String SCHEDULER_STATUS = "scheduler_status";
     private static final String STATUS = "status";
 
     private static final List<String> METRIC_WHITELIST = Arrays.asList(ALL, CONFIG, DATA_COUNTS,
-            MODEL_SIZE_STATS, SCHEDULER_STATE, STATUS);
+            MODEL_SIZE_STATS, SCHEDULER_STATUS, STATUS);
 
     private GetJobsAction() {
         super(NAME);
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public class GetJobsAction extends Action<GetJobsAction.Request, GetJobsAction.R
                 config(stats.contains(CONFIG));
                 dataCounts(stats.contains(DATA_COUNTS));
                 modelSizeStats(stats.contains(MODEL_SIZE_STATS));
-                schedulerStatus(stats.contains(SCHEDULER_STATE));
+                schedulerStatus(stats.contains(SCHEDULER_STATUS));
                 status(stats.contains(STATUS));
             }
         }
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public class GetJobsAction extends Action<GetJobsAction.Request, GetJobsAction.R
                     builder.field(MODEL_SIZE_STATS, modelSizeStats);
                 }
                 if (schedulerStatus != null) {
-                    builder.field(SCHEDULER_STATE, schedulerStatus);
+                    builder.field(SCHEDULER_STATUS, schedulerStatus);
                 }
                 if (status != null) {
                     builder.field(STATUS, status);
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/ScheduledJobIT.java b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/ScheduledJobIT.java
index 6c926aa8d99..94bef3b2a39 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/ScheduledJobIT.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/ScheduledJobIT.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class ScheduledJobIT extends ESRestTestCase {
             assertBusy(() -> {
                 try {
                     Response getJobResponse = client.performRequest("get", PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/" + jobId + "/_stats",
-                            Collections.singletonMap("metric", "scheduler_state"));
+                            Collections.singletonMap("metric", "scheduler_status"));
                     assertThat(responseEntityToString(getJobResponse), containsString("\"status\":\"STOPPED\""));
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json
index dce1f3ee5b1..a61c18873c9 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         },
         "metric" : {
           "type" : "list",
-          "options" : ["_all", "config", "data_counts", "model_size_stats", "scheduler_state", "status"],
+          "options" : ["_all", "config", "data_counts", "model_size_stats", "scheduler_status", "status"],
           "description" : "Limit the information returned to the specified statistics"
         }
       },
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/jobs_get_stats.yaml b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/jobs_get_stats.yaml
index 14810261c2b..95d9f3c9260 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/jobs_get_stats.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/jobs_get_stats.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ setup:
   - is_true: jobs.0.config
   - is_false: jobs.0.data_counts
   - is_false: jobs.0.model_size_stats
-  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_state
+  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_status
 
 
   - do:
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ setup:
   - is_false: jobs.0.config
   - is_true: jobs.0.data_counts
   - is_false: jobs.0.model_size_stats
-  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_state
+  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_status
 
   - do:
       xpack.prelert.get_jobs:
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ setup:
         metric: "model_size_stats"
   - is_false: jobs.0.config
   - is_false: jobs.0.data_counts
-  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_state
+  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_status
   - match: { jobs.0.model_size_stats.model_bytes: 100 }
 
   - do:
       xpack.prelert.get_jobs:
         job_id: "job-stats-test"
-        metric: "scheduler_state"
+        metric: "scheduler_status"
   - is_false: jobs.0.config
   - is_false: jobs.0.data_counts
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ setup:
   - is_false: jobs.0.config
   - is_false: jobs.0.data_counts
   - is_false: jobs.0.model_size_stats
-  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_state
+  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_status
   - match: { jobs.0.status: OPENED }
 
   - do:
@@ -135,18 +135,18 @@ setup:
         metric: "_all"
   - is_true: jobs.0.config
   - is_true: jobs.0.data_counts
-  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_state
+  - is_false: jobs.0.scheduler_status
   - match: { jobs.0.job_id: job-stats-test }
   - match: { jobs.0.status: OPENED }
 
   - do:
       xpack.prelert.get_jobs:
         job_id: "scheduled-job"
-        metric: "scheduler_state"
+        metric: "scheduler_status"
   - is_false: jobs.0.config
   - is_false: jobs.0.data_counts
   - is_false: jobs.0.model_size_stats
-  - match: { jobs.0.scheduler_state: STOPPED }
+  - match: { jobs.0.scheduler_status: STOPPED }
 
 ---
 "Test bad metric":