diff --git a/command/connect/envoy/bootstrap_config.go b/command/connect/envoy/bootstrap_config.go
index ef83a5774297a..a50eaf36fe066 100644
--- a/command/connect/envoy/bootstrap_config.go
+++ b/command/connect/envoy/bootstrap_config.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type BootstrapConfig struct {
 
 	// TelemetryCollectorBindSocketDir is a string that configures the directory for a
 	// unix socket where Envoy will forward metrics. These metrics get pushed to
-	// the Metrics collector.
+	// the telemetry collector.
 	TelemetryCollectorBindSocketDir string `mapstructure:"envoy_telemetry_collector_bind_socket_dir"`
 
 	// PrometheusBindAddr configures an <ip>:<port> on which the Envoy will listen
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ func (c *BootstrapConfig) generateListenerConfig(args *BootstrapTplArgs, bindAdd
 	return nil
 }
 
-// appendMetricsCollectorConfig generates config to enable a socket at path: <MetricsCollectorBindSocketDir>/<hash of compound proxy ID>.sock
+// appendTelemetryCollectorConfig generates config to enable a socket at path: <TelemetryCollectorBindSocketDir>/<hash of compound proxy ID>.sock
 // We take the hash of the compound proxy ID for a few reasons:
 //
 //   - The proxy ID is included because this socket path must be unique per proxy. Each Envoy proxy will ship
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ func (c *BootstrapConfig) generateListenerConfig(args *BootstrapTplArgs, bindAdd
 //   - The hash is needed because UNIX domain socket paths must be less than 104 characters. By using a b64 encoded
 //     SHA1 hash we end up with 27 chars for the name, 5 chars for the extension, and the remainder is saved for
 //     the configurable socket dir. The length of the directory's path is validated on writes to avoid going over.
-func appendTelemetryCollectorConfig(args *BootstrapTplArgs, metricsCollectorBindSocketDir string) {
+func appendTelemetryCollectorConfig(args *BootstrapTplArgs, telemetryCollectorBindSocketDir string) {
 	// Normalize namespace to "default". This ensures we match the namespace behaviour in proxycfg package,
 	// where a dynamic listener will be created at the same socket path via xDS.
 	ns := args.Namespace
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ func appendTelemetryCollectorConfig(args *BootstrapTplArgs, metricsCollectorBind
 	h := sha1.New()
 	h.Write([]byte(id))
 	hash := base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
-	path := path.Join(metricsCollectorBindSocketDir, hash+".sock")
+	path := path.Join(telemetryCollectorBindSocketDir, hash+".sock")
 
 	if args.StatsSinksJSON != "" {
 		args.StatsSinksJSON += ",\n"