diff --git a/docs/metrics/customizing-the-sdk/README.md b/docs/metrics/customizing-the-sdk/README.md
index 653dd4979f3..14a72aaf2ac 100644
--- a/docs/metrics/customizing-the-sdk/README.md
+++ b/docs/metrics/customizing-the-sdk/README.md
@@ -471,9 +471,9 @@ Histograms with buckets, and it stores at most one exemplar per histogram
 bucket. The exemplar stored is the last measurement recorded - i.e. any new
 measurement overwrites the previous one in that bucket.
 
-* `SimpleExemplarReservoir` is the default reservoir used for all metrics except
-Histograms with buckets. It has a fixed reservoir pool, and implements the
-equivalent of [naive
+* `SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir` is the default reservoir used for all
+metrics except Histograms with buckets. It has a fixed reservoir pool, and
+implements the equivalent of [naive
 reservoir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling). The reservoir pool
 size (currently defaulting to 1) determines the maximum number of exemplars
 stored.
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/SimpleExemplarReservoir.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir.cs
similarity index 96%
rename from src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/SimpleExemplarReservoir.cs
rename to src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir.cs
index b719c902edc..5324e7067d2 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/SimpleExemplarReservoir.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Exemplar/SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir.cs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// The SimpleExemplarReservoir implementation.
+/// The SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir implementation.
 /// </summary>
-internal sealed class SimpleExemplarReservoir : ExemplarReservoir
+internal sealed class SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir : ExemplarReservoir
 {
     private readonly int poolSize;
     private readonly Random random;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ internal sealed class SimpleExemplarReservoir : ExemplarReservoir
 
     private long measurementsSeen;
 
-    public SimpleExemplarReservoir(int poolSize)
+    public SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir(int poolSize)
     {
         this.poolSize = poolSize;
         this.runningExemplars = new Exemplar[poolSize];
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
index 349afd51bd9..8931c9692a9 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ internal MetricPoint(
 
         if (aggregatorStore!.IsExemplarEnabled() && reservoir == null)
         {
-            reservoir = new SimpleExemplarReservoir(DefaultSimpleReservoirPoolSize);
+            reservoir = new SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir(DefaultSimpleReservoirPoolSize);
         }
 
         if (reservoir != null)
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricExemplarTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricExemplarTests.cs
index 476976e4611..b5fd844f43c 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricExemplarTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricExemplarTests.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public void TestExemplarsCounter(MetricReaderTemporalityPreference temporality)
         var exemplars = GetExemplars(metricPoint.Value);
 
         // TODO: Modify the test to better test cumulative.
-        // In cumulative where SimpleExemplarReservoir's size is
+        // In cumulative, where SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir's size is
         // more than the count of new measurements, it is possible
         // that the exemplar value is for a measurement that was recorded in the prior
         // cycle. The current ValidateExemplars() does not handle this case.