diff --git a/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.go b/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.go
index 6b6e6fc7b1..7e55bfa643 100644
--- a/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.go
+++ b/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type rabbitmqMetadata struct {
 	RequeueInFailure     bool                   `mapstructure:"requeueInFailure"`
 	DeliveryMode         uint8                  `mapstructure:"deliveryMode"`  // Transient (0 or 1) or Persistent (2)
 	PrefetchCount        uint8                  `mapstructure:"prefetchCount"` // Prefetch deactivated if 0
-	ReconnectWait        time.Duration          `mapstructure:"reconnectWaitSeconds"`
+	ReconnectWait        time.Duration          `mapstructure:"reconnectWait"`
 	MaxLen               int64                  `mapstructure:"maxLen"`
 	MaxLenBytes          int64                  `mapstructure:"maxLenBytes"`
 	ExchangeKind         string                 `mapstructure:"exchangeKind"`
diff --git a/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.yaml b/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.yaml
index 6629bd2007..1f29e633ba 100644
--- a/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.yaml
+++ b/pubsub/rabbitmq/metadata.yaml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ metadata:
     type: bool
     default: '"false"'
     example: '"true", "false"'
-  - name: reconnectWaitSeconds
+  - name: reconnectWait
     description: |
       Reconnect wait in Seconds.
     type: duration