diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93c6c71a73..e930094bb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ To request automatic tracing support for a module not on this list, please [file
 
 ## Upgrade guidelines
 
+### 0.19.x to x
+
+- `HttpBaggage` renamed to `HttpBaggagePropagator`
+
+- `HttpTraceContext` renamed to `HttpTraceContextPropagator`
+
 ### 0.18.x to 0.19.0
 
 - API is now a peer dependency. This means that users will need to include `@opentelemetry/api` as a dependency of their project in order to use the SDK. NPM version 7+ (Node 15+) should do this automatically.
diff --git a/benchmark/README.md b/benchmark/README.md
index 63ad35c4ca..81ceaab647 100644
--- a/benchmark/README.md
+++ b/benchmark/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Beginning B3Propagator Benchmark...
   #Inject  x 2,018,725 ops/sec ±3.49% (100 runs sampled)
   #Extract x 2,040,891 ops/sec ±1.75% (100 runs sampled)
 
-Beginning HttpTraceContext Benchmark...
+Beginning HttpTraceContextPropagator Benchmark...
   2 tests completed.
 
   #Inject  x 3,987,007 ops/sec ±1.87% (100 runs sampled)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Beginning B3Propagator Benchmark...
   #Inject  x 5,086,366 ops/sec ±3.18% (100 runs sampled)
   #Extract x 4,859,557 ops/sec ±3.80% (100 runs sampled)
 
-Beginning HttpTraceContext Benchmark...
+Beginning HttpTraceContextPropagator Benchmark...
   2 tests completed.
 
   #Inject  x 13,660,710 ops/sec ±1.84% (100 runs sampled)
diff --git a/benchmark/propagator.js b/benchmark/propagator.js
index e3e5617523..51a8058e1f 100644
--- a/benchmark/propagator.js
+++ b/benchmark/propagator.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ const setups = [
     }
   },
   {
-    name: 'HttpTraceContext',
-    propagator: new opentelemetry.HttpTraceContext(),
+    name: 'HttpTraceContextPropagator',
+    propagator: new opentelemetry.HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
     injectCarrier: {},
     extractCarrier: {
       traceparent: '00-d4cda95b652f4a1592b449d5929fda1b-6e0c63257de34c92-00'
diff --git a/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js b/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js
index badcddb769..2c327cacb8 100644
--- a/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js
+++ b/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const axios = require("axios");
-const { HttpTraceContext } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
+const { HttpTraceContextPropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
 const { BasicTracerProvider } = require("@opentelemetry/tracing");
 const { context, propagation, setSpan, trace, ROOT_CONTEXT } = require("@opentelemetry/api");
 const {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {
 const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
 
 // set global propagator
-propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContext());
+propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContextPropagator());
 
 // set global context manager
 context.setGlobalContextManager(new AsyncHooksContextManager());
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
index c2ea181750..f3ddb50cac 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This package provides default implementations of the OpenTelemetry API for trace
 - [OpenTelemetry Core](#opentelemetry-core)
   - [Built-in Implementations](#built-in-implementations)
     - [Built-in Propagators](#built-in-propagators)
-      - [HttpTraceContext Propagator](#httptracecontext-propagator)
+      - [HttpTraceContextPropagator Propagator](#httptracecontext-propagator)
       - [Composite Propagator](#composite-propagator)
       - [Baggage Propagator](#baggage-propagator)
     - [Built-in Sampler](#built-in-sampler)
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ This package provides default implementations of the OpenTelemetry API for trace
 
 ### Built-in Propagators
 
-#### HttpTraceContext Propagator
+#### HttpTraceContextPropagator Propagator
 
 OpenTelemetry provides a text-based approach to propagate context to remote services using the [W3C Trace Context](https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/) HTTP headers.
 
 ```js
 const api = require("@opentelemetry/api");
-const { HttpTraceContext } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
+const { HttpTraceContextPropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
 
 /* Set Global Propagator */
-api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContext());
+api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContextPropagator());
 ```
 
 #### Composite Propagator
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ Provides a text-based approach to propagate [baggage](https://w3c.github.io/bagg
 
 ```js
 const api = require("@opentelemetry/api");
-const { HttpBaggage } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
+const { HttpBaggagePropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
 
 /* Set Global Propagator */
-api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpBaggage());
+api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpBaggagePropagator());
 ```
 
 ### Built-in Sampler
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggage.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggage.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator.ts
index 9452623b99..33f636dfdc 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggage.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const MAX_TOTAL_LENGTH = 8192;
  * Based on the Baggage specification:
  * https://w3c.github.io/baggage/
  */
-export class HttpBaggage implements TextMapPropagator {
+export class HttpBaggagePropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: TextMapSetter) {
     const baggage = getBaggage(context);
     if (!baggage || isInstrumentationSuppressed(context)) return;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
index 8fe415e2eb..7d0de201c0 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './baggage/propagation/HttpBaggage';
+export * from './baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator';
 export * from './common/attributes';
 export * from './common/global-error-handler';
 export * from './common/logging-error-handler';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export * from './common/types';
 export * from './ExportResult';
 export * from './platform';
 export * from './propagation/composite';
-export * from './trace/HttpTraceContext';
+export * from './trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator';
 export * from './trace/IdGenerator';
 export * from './trace/sampler/AlwaysOffSampler';
 export * from './trace/sampler/AlwaysOnSampler';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContext.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContext.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.ts
index b68b0e25bc..29888aa1f1 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContext.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export function parseTraceParent(traceParent: string): SpanContext | null {
  * Based on the Trace Context specification:
  * https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/
  */
-export class HttpTraceContext implements TextMapPropagator {
+export class HttpTraceContextPropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: TextMapSetter) {
     const spanContext = getSpanContext(context);
     if (
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggage.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggagePropagator.test.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggage.test.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggagePropagator.test.ts
index 464be7c2c9..f081693b45 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggagePropagator.test.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ import { ROOT_CONTEXT } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {
   BAGGAGE_HEADER,
-  HttpBaggage,
-} from '../../src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggage';
+  HttpBaggagePropagator,
+} from '../../src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator';
 
-describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
-  const httpTraceContext = new HttpBaggage();
+describe('HttpBaggagePropagator', () => {
+  const httpBaggagePropagator = new HttpBaggagePropagator();
 
   let carrier: { [key: string]: unknown };
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
         'with/slash': { value: 'with spaces' },
       });
 
-      httpTraceContext.inject(
+      httpBaggagePropagator.inject(
         setBaggage(ROOT_CONTEXT, baggage),
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
         key3: { value: 'c88815a7' },
       });
 
-      httpTraceContext.inject(
+      httpBaggagePropagator.inject(
         setBaggage(ROOT_CONTEXT, baggage),
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
         [shortKey]: { value: value },
       });
 
-      httpTraceContext.inject(
+      httpBaggagePropagator.inject(
         setBaggage(ROOT_CONTEXT, baggage),
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
       });
 
       carrier = {};
-      httpTraceContext.inject(
+      httpBaggagePropagator.inject(
         setBaggage(ROOT_CONTEXT, baggage),
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
         aa: { value: Array(88).fill('v').join('') },
       });
 
-      httpTraceContext.inject(
+      httpBaggagePropagator.inject(
         setBaggage(ROOT_CONTEXT, baggage),
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
       });
 
       carrier = {};
-      httpTraceContext.inject(
+      httpBaggagePropagator.inject(
         setBaggage(ROOT_CONTEXT, baggage),
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
 
       const baggage = createBaggage(entries);
 
-      httpTraceContext.inject(
+      httpBaggagePropagator.inject(
         setBaggage(ROOT_CONTEXT, baggage),
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
@@ -181,7 +181,11 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
       carrier[BAGGAGE_HEADER] =
         'key1=d4cda95b,key3=c88815a7, keyn   = valn, keym =valm';
       const extractedBaggage = getBaggage(
-        httpTraceContext.extract(ROOT_CONTEXT, carrier, defaultTextMapGetter)
+        httpBaggagePropagator.extract(
+          ROOT_CONTEXT,
+          carrier,
+          defaultTextMapGetter
+        )
       );
 
       const expected = createBaggage({
@@ -196,7 +200,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
 
   describe('fields()', () => {
     it('returns the fields used by the baggage spec', () => {
-      const propagator = new HttpBaggage();
+      const propagator = new HttpBaggagePropagator();
       assert.deepStrictEqual(propagator.fields(), [BAGGAGE_HEADER]);
     });
   });
@@ -204,7 +208,11 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
   it('returns undefined if header is missing', () => {
     assert.deepStrictEqual(
       getBaggage(
-        httpTraceContext.extract(ROOT_CONTEXT, carrier, defaultTextMapGetter)
+        httpBaggagePropagator.extract(
+          ROOT_CONTEXT,
+          carrier,
+          defaultTextMapGetter
+        )
       ),
       undefined
     );
@@ -213,7 +221,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
   it('returns keys with their properties', () => {
     carrier[BAGGAGE_HEADER] = 'key1=d4cda95b,key3=c88815a7;prop1=value1';
     const bag = getBaggage(
-      httpTraceContext.extract(ROOT_CONTEXT, carrier, defaultTextMapGetter)
+      httpBaggagePropagator.extract(ROOT_CONTEXT, carrier, defaultTextMapGetter)
     );
 
     assert.ok(bag);
@@ -265,7 +273,11 @@ describe('HttpBaggage', () => {
       carrier[BAGGAGE_HEADER] = testCases[testCase].header;
 
       const extractedSpanContext = getBaggage(
-        httpTraceContext.extract(ROOT_CONTEXT, carrier, defaultTextMapGetter)
+        httpBaggagePropagator.extract(
+          ROOT_CONTEXT,
+          carrier,
+          defaultTextMapGetter
+        )
       );
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         extractedSpanContext,
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts
index a29d0fc70f..f0a7532030 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { Context, ROOT_CONTEXT } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {
   CompositePropagator,
-  HttpTraceContext,
+  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
   RandomIdGenerator,
 } from '../../src';
 import {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 import {
   TRACE_PARENT_HEADER,
   TRACE_STATE_HEADER,
-} from '../../src/trace/HttpTraceContext';
+} from '../../src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator';
 import { TraceState } from '../../src/trace/TraceState';
 
 describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
         propagators: [
           new B3Propagator({ injectEncoding: B3InjectEncoding.MULTI_HEADER }),
-          new HttpTraceContext(),
+          new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
         ],
       });
       composite.inject(ctxWithSpanContext, carrier, defaultTextMapSetter);
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
 
     it('should not throw', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
-        propagators: [new ThrowingPropagator(), new HttpTraceContext()],
+        propagators: [
+          new ThrowingPropagator(),
+          new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
+        ],
       });
       composite.inject(ctxWithSpanContext, carrier, defaultTextMapSetter);
 
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
         propagators: [
           new B3Propagator({ injectEncoding: B3InjectEncoding.MULTI_HEADER }),
-          new HttpTraceContext(),
+          new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
         ],
       });
       const spanContext = getSpanContext(
@@ -137,7 +140,10 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
 
     it('should not throw', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
-        propagators: [new ThrowingPropagator(), new HttpTraceContext()],
+        propagators: [
+          new ThrowingPropagator(),
+          new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
+        ],
       });
       const spanContext = getSpanContext(
         composite.extract(ROOT_CONTEXT, carrier, defaultTextMapGetter)
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContext.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContext.test.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
index 104dbd4ff7..115dfd87c3 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContext.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {
-  HttpTraceContext,
+  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
   TRACE_PARENT_HEADER,
   TRACE_STATE_HEADER,
-} from '../../src/trace/HttpTraceContext';
+} from '../../src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator';
 import { TraceState } from '../../src/trace/TraceState';
 
-describe('HttpTraceContext', () => {
-  const httpTraceContext = new HttpTraceContext();
+describe('HttpTraceContextPropagator', () => {
+  const httpTraceContext = new HttpTraceContextPropagator();
   let carrier: { [key: string]: unknown };
 
   beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts
index 77665b6824..1c71e49430 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   setSpan,
   getSpan,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { HttpTraceContext } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { HttpTraceContextPropagator } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/node';
 import { AsyncHooksContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
 import { ContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/api';
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ export const runTests = (
     let contextManager: ContextManager;
 
     before(() => {
-      propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContext());
+      propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContextPropagator());
     });
 
     beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts
index f33b45877d..9189b3dd42 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import { BasicTracerProvider, Span } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
 import { SpanContextShim, SpanShim, TracerShim } from '../src/shim';
 import {
   CompositePropagator,
-  HttpBaggage,
-  HttpTraceContext,
+  HttpBaggagePropagator,
+  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
   timeInputToHrTime,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import {
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ import { JaegerHttpTracePropagator } from '@opentelemetry/propagator-jaeger';
 
 describe('OpenTracing Shim', () => {
   const compositePropagator = new CompositePropagator({
-    propagators: [new HttpTraceContext(), new HttpBaggage()],
+    propagators: [
+      new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
+      new HttpBaggagePropagator(),
+    ],
   });
 
   propagation.setGlobalPropagator(compositePropagator);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
index 86d5f4d077..0a7aea24da 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
   CompositePropagator,
-  HttpTraceContext,
-  HttpBaggage,
+  HttpBaggagePropagator,
+  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
   getEnv,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export class BasicTracerProvider implements TracerProvider {
     string,
     PROPAGATOR_FACTORY
   >([
-    ['tracecontext', () => new HttpTraceContext()],
-    ['baggage', () => new HttpBaggage()],
+    ['tracecontext', () => new HttpTraceContextPropagator()],
+    ['baggage', () => new HttpBaggagePropagator()],
   ]);
 
   private readonly _config: TracerConfig;