diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/WorkspaceRuleEvent.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/WorkspaceRuleEvent.java
index f4ba5335d17140..e35c4780dc3c5b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/WorkspaceRuleEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/WorkspaceRuleEvent.java
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ public static WorkspaceRuleEvent newOsEvent(String ruleLabel, Location location)
   /** Creates a new WorkspaceRuleEvent for a symlink event. */
   public static WorkspaceRuleEvent newSymlinkEvent(
       String from, String to, String ruleLabel, Location location) {
-    SymlinkEvent e = WorkspaceLogProtos.SymlinkEvent.newBuilder().setFrom(from).setTo(to).build();
+    SymlinkEvent e =
+        WorkspaceLogProtos.SymlinkEvent.newBuilder()
+            .setTarget(from)
+            .setPath(to)
+            .build();
 
     WorkspaceLogProtos.WorkspaceEvent.Builder result =
         WorkspaceLogProtos.WorkspaceEvent.newBuilder();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/workspace_log.proto b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/workspace_log.proto
index 84d82027c668f9..874ddc652fa44d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/workspace_log.proto
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/debug/workspace_log.proto
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ message OsEvent {
 // Information on "symlink" event in repository_ctx.
 message SymlinkEvent {
   // path to which the symlink will point to
-  string from = 1;
+  string target = 1;
   // path of the symlink
-  string to = 2;
+  string path = 2;
 }
 
 // Information on "template" event in repository_ctx.
diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_workspaces_test.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_workspaces_test.sh
index 6293aa7c9fc7b0..00b698eb48792d 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_workspaces_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_workspaces_test.sh
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ function test_symlink() {
   ensure_contains_exactly 'location: .*repos.bzl:3:3' 1
   ensure_contains_atleast 'rule: "//external:repo"' 1
   ensure_contains_exactly 'symlink_event' 1
-  ensure_contains_exactly 'from: ".*symlink.txt"' 1
-  ensure_contains_exactly 'to: ".*symlink_out.txt"' 1
+  ensure_contains_exactly 'target: ".*symlink.txt"' 1
+  ensure_contains_exactly 'path: ".*symlink_out.txt"' 1
 }
 
 function test_template() {