diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a7edd7d8a..ccbe3b9777 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/compare/v1.6.1-0.25b1...HEAD)
+
+### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws` & `opentelemetry-propagator-aws` Release AWS Python SDK Extension as 2.0.1 and AWS Propagator as 1.0.1
   ([#753](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/753))
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `opentelemetry-distro` uses the correct entrypoint name which was updated in the core release of 1.6.0 but the distro was not updated with it
+  ([#755](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/755))
+
 ## [1.6.1-0.25b1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.6.1-0.25b1) - 2021-10-18
 
 ### Changed
 - `opentelemetry-util-http` no longer contains an instrumentation entrypoint and will not be loaded
-automatically by the auto instrumentor.
-([#745](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/745))
+  automatically by the auto instrumentor.
+  ([#745](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/745))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika` Bugfix use properties.headers. It will prevent the header injection from raising.
   ([#740](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/740))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore` Add extension for DynamoDB
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
index 97e3e2fcc9..bfbfa061d7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ class OpenTelemetryDistro(BaseDistro):
 
     # pylint: disable=no-self-use
     def _configure(self, **kwargs):
-        os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "otlp_proto_grpc_span")
+        os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "otlp_proto_grpc")
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_distro.py b/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_distro.py
index 2e42ed904a..6888e8e9ce 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_distro.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_distro.py
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ def test_default_configuration(self):
         self.assertIsNone(os.environ.get(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER))
         distro.configure()
         self.assertEqual(
-            "otlp_proto_grpc_span", os.environ.get(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER)
+            "otlp_proto_grpc", os.environ.get(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER)
         )
diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/README.rst b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/README.rst
index cae4e3ab5f..79378d47e6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/README.rst
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/README.rst
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ Well known trace exporter names:
     - jaeger_thrift
     - opencensus
     - otlp
-    - otlp_proto_grpc_span
-    - otlp_proto_http_span
+    - otlp_proto_grpc
+    - otlp_proto_http
     - zipkin_json
     - zipkin_proto
 
-``otlp`` is an alias for ``otlp_proto_grpc_span``.
+``otlp`` is an alias for ``otlp_proto_grpc``.
 
 * ``--id-generator`` or ``OTEL_PYTHON_ID_GENERATOR``