diff --git a/br/pkg/backup/client.go b/br/pkg/backup/client.go
index b675b062793c6..12a4344a432fe 100644
--- a/br/pkg/backup/client.go
+++ b/br/pkg/backup/client.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func skipUnsupportedDDLJob(job *model.Job) bool {
 	case model.ActionCreatePlacementPolicy,
 		model.ActionAlterPlacementPolicy,
 		model.ActionDropPlacementPolicy,
-		model.ActionAlterTablePartitionPolicy,
+		model.ActionAlterTablePartitionPlacement,
 		model.ActionModifySchemaDefaultPlacement,
 		model.ActionAlterTablePlacement,
 		model.ActionAlterTableAttributes,
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_api.go b/ddl/ddl_api.go
index 632aa4874556a..957ba6e68386d 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_api.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_api.go
@@ -6440,7 +6440,7 @@ func (d *ddl) AlterTablePartitionPlacement(ctx sessionctx.Context, tableIdent as
 		SchemaID:   schema.ID,
 		TableID:    tblInfo.ID,
 		SchemaName: schema.Name.L,
-		Type:       model.ActionAlterTablePartitionPolicy,
+		Type:       model.ActionAlterTablePartitionPlacement,
 		BinlogInfo: &model.HistoryInfo{},
 		Args:       []interface{}{partitionID, policyRefInfo, placementSettings},
 	}
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_worker.go b/ddl/ddl_worker.go
index 617c42c639d6c..24c3769217e5d 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_worker.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_worker.go
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@ func (w *worker) runDDLJob(d *ddlCtx, t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) (ver int64,
 		ver, err = onDropPlacementPolicy(d, t, job)
 	case model.ActionAlterPlacementPolicy:
 		ver, err = onAlterPlacementPolicy(d, t, job)
-	case model.ActionAlterTablePartitionPolicy:
-		ver, err = onAlterTablePartitionOptions(d, t, job)
+	case model.ActionAlterTablePartitionPlacement:
+		ver, err = onAlterTablePartitionPlacement(t, job)
 	case model.ActionAlterTablePlacement:
 		ver, err = onAlterTablePlacement(d, t, job)
 	case model.ActionAlterCacheTable:
diff --git a/ddl/table.go b/ddl/table.go
index 906db66f3ac9d..504f85f83faed 100644
--- a/ddl/table.go
+++ b/ddl/table.go
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ func onAlterTablePartitionAttributes(t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) (ver int64, e
 	return ver, nil
 }
 
-func onAlterTablePartitionOptions(d *ddlCtx, t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) (ver int64, err error) {
+func onAlterTablePartitionPlacement(t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) (ver int64, err error) {
 	var partitionID int64
 	policyRefInfo := &model.PolicyRefInfo{}
 	placementSettings := &model.PlacementSettings{}
diff --git a/executor/executor_test.go b/executor/executor_test.go
index f503504d739b0..c93aa09e6ccdf 100644
--- a/executor/executor_test.go
+++ b/executor/executor_test.go
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ func (s *testSuiteP2) TestAdminShowDDLJobsInfo(c *C) {
 		"PRIMARY_REGION=\"cn-east-1\" " +
 		"REGIONS=\"cn-east-1, cn-east-2\" " +
 		"FOLLOWERS=2 ")
-	c.Assert(tk.MustQuery("admin show ddl jobs 1").Rows()[0][3], Equals, "alter table partition policy")
+	c.Assert(tk.MustQuery("admin show ddl jobs 1").Rows()[0][3], Equals, "alter table partition placement")
 
 	tk.MustExec("alter table tt1 cache")
 	c.Assert(tk.MustQuery("admin show ddl jobs 1").Rows()[0][3], Equals, "alter table cache")
diff --git a/parser/model/ddl.go b/parser/model/ddl.go
index 7062e68673210..c61372b55e263 100644
--- a/parser/model/ddl.go
+++ b/parser/model/ddl.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const (
 	ActionCreatePlacementPolicy         ActionType = 51
 	ActionAlterPlacementPolicy          ActionType = 52
 	ActionDropPlacementPolicy           ActionType = 53
-	ActionAlterTablePartitionPolicy     ActionType = 54
+	ActionAlterTablePartitionPlacement  ActionType = 54
 	ActionModifySchemaDefaultPlacement  ActionType = 55
 	ActionAlterTablePlacement           ActionType = 56
 	ActionAlterCacheTable               ActionType = 57
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var actionMap = map[ActionType]string{
 	ActionAlterCheckConstraint:          "alter check constraint",
 	ActionDropIndexes:                   "drop multi-indexes",
 	ActionAlterTableAttributes:          "alter table attributes",
-	ActionAlterTablePartitionPolicy:     "alter table partition policy",
+	ActionAlterTablePartitionPlacement:  "alter table partition placement",
 	ActionAlterTablePartitionAttributes: "alter table partition attributes",
 	ActionCreatePlacementPolicy:         "create placement policy",
 	ActionAlterPlacementPolicy:          "alter placement policy",
diff --git a/parser/model/model_test.go b/parser/model/model_test.go
index 8c2365ea47ca4..c4968aa48855c 100644
--- a/parser/model/model_test.go
+++ b/parser/model/model_test.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func TestString(t *testing.T) {
 		{ActionModifySchemaCharsetAndCollate, "modify schema charset and collate"},
 		{ActionDropIndexes, "drop multi-indexes"},
 		{ActionAlterTablePlacement, "alter table placement"},
-		{ActionAlterTablePartitionPolicy, "alter table partition policy"},
+		{ActionAlterTablePartitionPlacement, "alter table partition placement"},
 		{ActionAlterNoCacheTable, "alter table nocache"},
 	}