diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 92a128ba..25af6561 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@
 # @param loggers
 #   Configure additional loggers or override pre-defined logger configuration.
 #
-# @param telemetry
-#   Configure TELEMETRY in settings.yml, which controls the reporting of anonymous data to https://analytics.pulpproject.org/,
+# @param analytics
+#   Configure ANALYTICS in settings.yml, which controls the reporting of anonymous data to https://analytics.pulpproject.org/,
 #   starting with Pulpcore version 3.21.0, to guide Pulp project developers. Set this to false to opt out of this anonymous reporting;
 #   if undef, it will instead be omitted from settings.yml and Pulp will report these usage statistics per its default behavior.
-#   Adding this configuration will have no effect in Pulp versions prior to the introduction of the telemetry feature.
+#   Originally, the pulp setting was called TELEMETRY and this param was called telemetry; it was renamed by the pulp developers.
 #
 # @param hide_guarded_distributions
 #   If activated, the distributions that are protected by a content guard will not be shown on the
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
   Optional[Variant[Integer[1], Enum['None']]] $cache_expires_ttl = undef,
   Pulpcore::LogLevel $log_level = 'INFO',
   Hash[String[1], Pulpcore::Logger] $loggers = {},
-  Optional[Boolean] $telemetry = undef,
+  Optional[Boolean] $analytics = undef,
   Optional[Boolean] $hide_guarded_distributions = undef,
   Optional[Integer[1,100]] $import_workers_percent = undef,
 ) {
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/settings_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/settings_spec.rb
index 9e2d4eee..623a708a 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/settings_spec.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,12 @@
 require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
 
-describe 'TELEMETRY setting' do
-  context 'default TELEMETRY' do
-    it_behaves_like 'an idempotent resource' do
-      let(:manifest) do
-        <<-PUPPET
-        include pulpcore
-        PUPPET
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe file('/etc/pulp/settings.py') do
-      it { is_expected.to be_file }
-      its(:content) { is_expected.to match(/^# TELEMETRY = False$/) }
-    end
-  end
-
-  context 'TELEMETRY disabled' do
+describe 'ANALYTICS setting' do
+  context 'ANALYTICS disabled' do
     it_behaves_like 'an idempotent resource' do
       let(:manifest) do
         <<-PUPPET
         class { 'pulpcore':
-          telemetry => false,
+          analytics => false,
         }
         PUPPET
       end
@@ -29,16 +14,16 @@ class { 'pulpcore':
 
     describe file('/etc/pulp/settings.py') do
       it { is_expected.to be_file }
-      its(:content) { is_expected.to match(/^TELEMETRY = False$/) }
+      its(:content) { is_expected.to match(/^ANALYTICS = False$/) }
     end
   end
 
-  context 'TELEMETRY enabled' do
+  context 'ANALYTICS enabled' do
     it_behaves_like 'an idempotent resource' do
       let(:manifest) do
         <<-PUPPET
         class { 'pulpcore':
-          telemetry => true,
+          analytics => true,
         }
         PUPPET
       end
@@ -46,7 +31,7 @@ class { 'pulpcore':
 
     describe file('/etc/pulp/settings.py') do
       it { is_expected.to be_file }
-      its(:content) { is_expected.to match(/^TELEMETRY = True$/) }
+      its(:content) { is_expected.to match(/^ANALYTICS = True$/) }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
index 9f1f76e0..ef58af16 100644
--- a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
             .with_content(%r{ALLOWED_CONTENT_CHECKSUMS = \["sha224", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512"\]})
             .with_content(%r{REDIS_URL = "redis://localhost:6379/8"})
             .with_content(%r{CACHE_ENABLED = False})
+            .with_content(%r{# ANALYTICS = False})
             .without_content(%r{sslmode})
             .without_content(%r{WORKER_TTL})
           is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('logging').with_content(<<~LOGGING)
diff --git a/templates/settings.py.erb b/templates/settings.py.erb
index b3b92f68..145dd942 100644
--- a/templates/settings.py.erb
+++ b/templates/settings.py.erb
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 # Send anonymous usage data to https://analytics.pulpproject.org/ unless this is
 # explicitly defined with value False. This data is used by the Pulp project
 # to make informed, data-driven decisions about future feature development.
-<% if scope['pulpcore::telemetry'].nil? -%>
-# TELEMETRY = False
+<% if scope['pulpcore::analytics'].nil? -%>
+# ANALYTICS = False
 <% else -%>
-TELEMETRY = <%= scope.call_function('to_python', [scope['pulpcore::telemetry']]) %>
+ANALYTICS = <%= scope.call_function('to_python', [scope['pulpcore::analytics']]) %>
 <% end -%>
 
 CONTENT_ORIGIN = "https://<%= scope['pulpcore::servername'] %>"