diff --git a/filebeat/docs/modules/haproxy.asciidoc b/filebeat/docs/modules/haproxy.asciidoc
index 08461f50c57..8fff2704744 100644
--- a/filebeat/docs/modules/haproxy.asciidoc
+++ b/filebeat/docs/modules/haproxy.asciidoc
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ it can also be configured to read from a file path. See the following example.
 ["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
 -----
 - module: haproxy
-  http:
+  log:
     enabled: true
     var.paths: ["/var/log/haproxy.log"]
     var.input: "file"
 -----
 
-:fileset_ex: http
+:fileset_ex: log
 
 include::../include/config-option-intro.asciidoc[]
 
 
 [float]
-==== `http` log fileset settings
+==== `log` fileset settings
 
 include::../include/var-paths.asciidoc[]
 
diff --git a/filebeat/filebeat.reference.yml b/filebeat/filebeat.reference.yml
index 5b9f953fcdf..f22078b937a 100644
--- a/filebeat/filebeat.reference.yml
+++ b/filebeat/filebeat.reference.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ filebeat.modules:
 #------------------------------- haproxy Module ------------------------------
 - module: haproxy
   # All logs
-  http:
+  log:
     enabled: true
 
     # Set which input to use between syslog (default) or file.
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/config.yml b/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/config.yml
index 5071f0fccd8..0e1431e503c 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/config.yml
+++ b/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - module: haproxy
   # All logs
-  http:
+  log:
     enabled: true
 
     # Set which input to use between syslog (default) or file.
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/docs.asciidoc b/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/docs.asciidoc
index bb0111ca19c..25955b54f6c 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/docs.asciidoc
+++ b/filebeat/module/haproxy/_meta/docs.asciidoc
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ it can also be configured to read from a file path. See the following example.
 ["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
 -----
 - module: haproxy
-  http:
+  log:
     enabled: true
     var.paths: ["/var/log/haproxy.log"]
     var.input: "file"
 -----
 
-:fileset_ex: http
+:fileset_ex: log
 
 include::../include/config-option-intro.asciidoc[]
 
 
 [float]
-==== `http` log fileset settings
+==== `log` fileset settings
 
 include::../include/var-paths.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/_meta/fields.yml b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/_meta/fields.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from filebeat/module/haproxy/http/_meta/fields.yml
rename to filebeat/module/haproxy/log/_meta/fields.yml
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/config/file.yml b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/config/file.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from filebeat/module/haproxy/http/config/file.yml
rename to filebeat/module/haproxy/log/config/file.yml
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/config/syslog.yml b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/config/syslog.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from filebeat/module/haproxy/http/config/syslog.yml
rename to filebeat/module/haproxy/log/config/syslog.yml
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/ingest/pipeline.json b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/ingest/pipeline.json
similarity index 100%
rename from filebeat/module/haproxy/http/ingest/pipeline.json
rename to filebeat/module/haproxy/log/ingest/pipeline.json
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/manifest.yml b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/manifest.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from filebeat/module/haproxy/http/manifest.yml
rename to filebeat/module/haproxy/log/manifest.yml
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/test/haproxy.log b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/test/haproxy.log
similarity index 100%
rename from filebeat/module/haproxy/http/test/haproxy.log
rename to filebeat/module/haproxy/log/test/haproxy.log
diff --git a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/test/haproxy.log-expected.json b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/test/haproxy.log-expected.json
similarity index 98%
rename from filebeat/module/haproxy/http/test/haproxy.log-expected.json
rename to filebeat/module/haproxy/log/test/haproxy.log-expected.json
index 79127a28786..990ec9ae854 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/haproxy/http/test/haproxy.log-expected.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/haproxy/log/test/haproxy.log-expected.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     {
         "@timestamp": "2018-07-30T09:03:52.726Z", 
         "fileset.module": "haproxy", 
-        "fileset.name": "http", 
+        "fileset.name": "log", 
         "haproxy.backend_name": "docs_microservice", 
         "haproxy.backend_queue": 0, 
         "haproxy.client_ip": "1.2.3.4", 
diff --git a/filebeat/modules.d/haproxy.yml.disabled b/filebeat/modules.d/haproxy.yml.disabled
index 5071f0fccd8..0e1431e503c 100644
--- a/filebeat/modules.d/haproxy.yml.disabled
+++ b/filebeat/modules.d/haproxy.yml.disabled
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - module: haproxy
   # All logs
-  http:
+  log:
     enabled: true
 
     # Set which input to use between syslog (default) or file.