diff --git a/opentelemetry-datadog/src/exporter/model/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-datadog/src/exporter/model/mod.rs
index 8dc9b77f62..ab810b2a06 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-datadog/src/exporter/model/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-datadog/src/exporter/model/mod.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         let mut attributes = sdk::trace::EvictedHashMap::new(capacity, capacity as usize);
         attributes.insert(Key::new("span.type").string("web"));
 
-        let message_events = sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(capacity);
+        let events = sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(capacity);
         let links = sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(capacity);
 
         trace::SpanData {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             start_time,
             end_time,
             attributes,
-            message_events,
+            events,
             links,
             status_code: StatusCode::Ok,
             status_message: "".into(),
diff --git a/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/mod.rs
index b337526c2d..ee9dc72919 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/mod.rs
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ fn convert_otel_span_into_jaeger_span(
             span.status_message.into_owned(),
             span.span_kind,
         )),
-        logs: events_to_logs(span.message_events),
+        logs: events_to_logs(span.events),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/transform/traces.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/transform/traces.rs
index 305cb9f576..d6e9ccb77c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/transform/traces.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/transform/traces.rs
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ mod tonic {
                         end_time_unix_nano: to_nanos(source_span.end_time),
                         dropped_attributes_count: source_span.attributes.dropped_count(),
                         attributes: Attributes::from(source_span.attributes).0,
-                        dropped_events_count: source_span.message_events.dropped_count(),
+                        dropped_events_count: source_span.events.dropped_count(),
                         events: source_span
-                            .message_events
+                            .events
                             .into_iter()
                             .map(|event| span::Event {
                                 time_unix_nano: to_nanos(event.timestamp),
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ mod prost {
                         end_time_unix_nano: to_nanos(source_span.end_time),
                         dropped_attributes_count: source_span.attributes.dropped_count(),
                         attributes: Attributes::from(source_span.attributes).0,
-                        dropped_events_count: source_span.message_events.dropped_count(),
+                        dropped_events_count: source_span.events.dropped_count(),
                         events: source_span
-                            .message_events
+                            .events
                             .into_iter()
                             .map(|event| span::Event {
                                 time_unix_nano: to_nanos(event.timestamp),
@@ -358,10 +358,10 @@ mod grpcio {
                             end_time_unix_nano: to_nanos(source_span.end_time),
                             dropped_attributes_count: source_span.attributes.dropped_count(),
                             attributes: Attributes::from(source_span.attributes).0,
-                            dropped_events_count: source_span.message_events.dropped_count(),
+                            dropped_events_count: source_span.events.dropped_count(),
                             events: RepeatedField::from_vec(
                                 source_span
-                                    .message_events
+                                    .events
                                     .into_iter()
                                     .map(|event| Span_Event {
                                         time_unix_nano: to_nanos(event.timestamp),
diff --git a/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs b/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs
index c00f4a2ac3..fbfa83647f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ impl StackDriverExporter {
               .collect();
 
             let time_event = span
-              .message_events
+              .events
               .into_iter()
               .map(|event| TimeEvent {
                 time: Some(event.timestamp.into()),
diff --git a/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/mod.rs
index f072dd2cd9..9015d3be7f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/mod.rs
@@ -104,13 +104,7 @@ pub(crate) fn into_zipkin_span(local_endpoint: Endpoint, span_data: trace::SpanD
                 .as_micros() as u64,
         )
         .local_endpoint(local_endpoint)
-        .annotations(
-            span_data
-                .message_events
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(Into::into)
-                .collect(),
-        )
+        .annotations(span_data.events.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect())
         .tags(tags)
         .build()
 }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/span.rs b/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/span.rs
index 9c4f9168d8..774a30db4c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/span.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-zipkin/src/exporter/model/span.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ mod tests {
                 start_time: SystemTime::now(),
                 end_time: SystemTime::now(),
                 attributes: EvictedHashMap::new(20, 20),
-                message_events: EvictedQueue::new(20),
+                events: EvictedQueue::new(20),
                 links: EvictedQueue::new(20),
                 status_code,
                 status_message: status_msg.into(),
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/sdk/export/trace/mod.rs b/opentelemetry/src/sdk/export/trace/mod.rs
index 9531e7fd20..a3dce88c45 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/sdk/export/trace/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/sdk/export/trace/mod.rs
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ pub struct SpanData {
     pub end_time: SystemTime,
     /// Span attributes
     pub attributes: sdk::trace::EvictedHashMap,
-    /// Span Message events
-    pub message_events: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue<Event>,
+    /// Span events
+    pub events: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue<Event>,
     /// Span Links
     pub links: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue<Link>,
     /// Span status code
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let capacity = 3;
         let attributes = sdk::trace::EvictedHashMap::new(capacity, 0);
-        let message_events = sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(capacity);
+        let events = sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(capacity);
         let links = sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(capacity);
 
         let status_code = StatusCode::Ok;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ mod tests {
             start_time,
             end_time,
             attributes,
-            message_events,
+            events,
             links,
             status_code,
             status_message,
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/span.rs b/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/span.rs
index 42c112e142..1fe65d636a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/span.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/span.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ pub(crate) struct SpanData {
     pub(crate) end_time: SystemTime,
     /// Span attributes
     pub(crate) attributes: sdk::trace::EvictedHashMap,
-    /// Span Message events
-    pub(crate) message_events: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue<trace::Event>,
+    /// Span events
+    pub(crate) events: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue<trace::Event>,
     /// Span Links
     pub(crate) links: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue<trace::Link>,
     /// Span status code
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl crate::trace::Span for Span {
             let dropped_attributes_count = attributes.len().saturating_sub(event_attributes_limit);
             attributes.truncate(event_attributes_limit);
 
-            data.message_events.push_back(Event::new(
+            data.events.push_back(Event::new(
                 name,
                 timestamp,
                 attributes,
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ fn build_export_data(
         start_time: data.start_time,
         end_time: data.end_time,
         attributes: data.attributes,
-        message_events: data.message_events,
+        events: data.events,
         links: data.links,
         status_code: data.status_code,
         status_message: data.status_message,
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ mod tests {
                 config.span_limits.max_attributes_per_span,
                 0,
             ),
-            message_events: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(config.span_limits.max_events_per_span),
+            events: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(config.span_limits.max_events_per_span),
             links: sdk::trace::EvictedQueue::new(config.span_limits.max_links_per_span),
             status_code: StatusCode::Unset,
             status_message: "".into(),
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ mod tests {
         let attributes = vec![KeyValue::new("k", "v")];
         span.add_event(name.clone(), attributes.clone());
         span.with_data(|data| {
-            if let Some(event) = data.message_events.iter().next() {
+            if let Some(event) = data.events.iter().next() {
                 assert_eq!(event.name, name);
                 assert_eq!(event.attributes, attributes);
             } else {
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ mod tests {
         let timestamp = crate::time::now();
         span.add_event_with_timestamp(name.clone(), timestamp, attributes.clone());
         span.with_data(|data| {
-            if let Some(event) = data.message_events.iter().next() {
+            if let Some(event) = data.events.iter().next() {
                 assert_eq!(event.timestamp, timestamp);
                 assert_eq!(event.name, name);
                 assert_eq!(event.attributes, attributes);
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ mod tests {
         let err = std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::Other);
         span.record_exception(&err);
         span.with_data(|data| {
-            if let Some(event) = data.message_events.iter().next() {
+            if let Some(event) = data.events.iter().next() {
                 assert_eq!(event.name, "exception");
                 assert_eq!(
                     event.attributes,
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ mod tests {
         let stacktrace = "stacktrace...".to_string();
         span.record_exception_with_stacktrace(&err, stacktrace.clone());
         span.with_data(|data| {
-            if let Some(event) = data.message_events.iter().next() {
+            if let Some(event) = data.events.iter().next() {
                 assert_eq!(event.name, "exception");
                 assert_eq!(
                     event.attributes,
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ mod tests {
         span.set_status(StatusCode::Error, "ERROR".to_string());
         span.update_name("new_name".to_string());
         span.with_data(|data| {
-            assert_eq!(data.message_events, initial.message_events);
+            assert_eq!(data.events, initial.events);
             assert_eq!(data.attributes, initial.attributes);
             assert_eq!(data.status_code, initial.status_code);
             assert_eq!(data.status_message, initial.status_message);
@@ -496,9 +496,7 @@ mod tests {
         let event2 = event1.clone();
 
         // add event when build
-        let span_builder = tracer
-            .span_builder("test")
-            .with_message_events(vec![event1]);
+        let span_builder = tracer.span_builder("test").with_events(vec![event1]);
         let mut span = tracer.build(span_builder);
 
         // add event after build
@@ -508,7 +506,7 @@ mod tests {
             .data
             .clone()
             .expect("span data should not be empty as we already set it before")
-            .message_events;
+            .events;
         let event_vec: Vec<_> = event_queue.iter().take(2).collect();
         let processed_event_1 = event_vec.get(0).expect("should have at least two events");
         let processed_event_2 = event_vec.get(1).expect("should have at least two events");
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/tracer.rs b/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/tracer.rs
index 6002f06339..8824295363 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/tracer.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/tracer.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ impl crate::trace::Tracer for Tracer {
             name,
             start_time,
             end_time,
-            message_events,
+            events,
             status_code,
             status_message,
             ..
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ impl crate::trace::Tracer for Tracer {
             }
             let start_time = start_time.unwrap_or_else(crate::time::now);
             let end_time = end_time.unwrap_or(start_time);
-            let mut message_events_queue = EvictedQueue::new(span_limits.max_events_per_span);
-            if let Some(mut events) = message_events {
+            let mut events_queue = EvictedQueue::new(span_limits.max_events_per_span);
+            if let Some(mut events) = events {
                 let event_attributes_limit = span_limits.max_attributes_per_event as usize;
                 for event in events.iter_mut() {
                     let dropped_attributes_count = event
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ impl crate::trace::Tracer for Tracer {
                     event.attributes.truncate(event_attributes_limit);
                     event.dropped_attributes_count = dropped_attributes_count as u32;
                 }
-                message_events_queue.append_vec(&mut events);
+                events_queue.append_vec(&mut events);
             }
             let status_code = status_code.unwrap_or(StatusCode::Unset);
             let status_message = status_message.unwrap_or(Cow::Borrowed(""));
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ impl crate::trace::Tracer for Tracer {
                 start_time,
                 end_time,
                 attributes,
-                message_events: message_events_queue,
+                events: events_queue,
                 links,
                 status_code,
                 status_message,
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/testing/trace.rs b/opentelemetry/src/testing/trace.rs
index bb57722d10..87399cc456 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/testing/trace.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/testing/trace.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub fn new_test_export_span_data() -> SpanData {
         start_time: crate::time::now(),
         end_time: crate::time::now(),
         attributes: EvictedHashMap::new(config.span_limits.max_attributes_per_span, 0),
-        message_events: EvictedQueue::new(config.span_limits.max_events_per_span),
+        events: EvictedQueue::new(config.span_limits.max_events_per_span),
         links: EvictedQueue::new(config.span_limits.max_links_per_span),
         status_code: StatusCode::Unset,
         status_message: "".into(),
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/trace/tracer.rs b/opentelemetry/src/trace/tracer.rs
index a6a6eb3cf8..1350f14467 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/trace/tracer.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/trace/tracer.rs
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ pub struct SpanBuilder {
     pub end_time: Option<SystemTime>,
     /// Span attributes
     pub attributes: Option<Vec<KeyValue>>,
-    /// Span Message events
-    pub message_events: Option<Vec<Event>>,
+    /// Span events
+    pub events: Option<Vec<Event>>,
     /// Span Links
     pub links: Option<Vec<Link>>,
     /// Span status code
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ impl SpanBuilder {
             start_time: None,
             end_time: None,
             attributes: None,
-            message_events: None,
+            events: None,
             links: None,
             status_code: None,
             status_message: None,
@@ -449,10 +449,10 @@ impl SpanBuilder {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Assign message events
-    pub fn with_message_events(self, message_events: Vec<Event>) -> Self {
+    /// Assign events
+    pub fn with_events(self, events: Vec<Event>) -> Self {
         SpanBuilder {
-            message_events: Some(message_events),
+            events: Some(events),
             ..self
         }
     }