diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/metrics/Lineage.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/metrics/Lineage.java
index 07fda807bd45b..ab64389fe1987 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/metrics/Lineage.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/metrics/Lineage.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private static String wrapSegment(String value) {
    *
    * <ul>
    *   <li>{@code system:segment1.segment2}
-   *   <li>{@code system:routine:segment1.segment2}
+   *   <li>{@code system:subtype:segment1.segment2}
    *   <li>{@code system:`segment1.with.dots:clons`.segment2}
    * </ul>
    *
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ private static String wrapSegment(String value) {
    */
   @Internal
   public static String getFqName(
-      String system, @Nullable String routine, Iterable<String> segments) {
+      String system, @Nullable String subtype, Iterable<String> segments) {
     StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(system);
-    if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(routine)) {
-      builder.append(":").append(routine);
+    if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(subtype)) {
+      builder.append(":").append(subtype);
     }
     int idx = 0;
     for (String segment : segments) {
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ public static String getFqName(String system, Iterable<String> segments) {
   /**
    * Add a FQN (fully-qualified name) to Lineage. Segments will be processed via {@link #getFqName}.
    */
-  public void add(String system, @Nullable String routine, Iterable<String> segments) {
-    metric.add(getFqName(system, routine, segments));
+  public void add(String system, @Nullable String subtype, Iterable<String> segments) {
+    metric.add(getFqName(system, subtype, segments));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric.py
index 6b8e4754a79ce..065a497786cbf 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric.py
@@ -352,25 +352,25 @@ def wrap_segment(segment: str) -> str:
 
   @staticmethod
   def get_fq_name(
-      system: str, *segments: str, route: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+      system: str, *segments: str, subtype: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     """Assemble fully qualified name
     (`FQN <https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/fully-qualified-names>`_).
     Format:
 
     - `system:segment1.segment2`
-    - `system:routine:segment1.segment2`
-    - `system:`segment1.with.dots:clons`.segment2`
+    - `system:subtype:segment1.segment2`
+    - `system:`segment1.with.dots:colons`.segment2`
 
     This helper method is for internal and testing usage only.
     """
     segs = '.'.join(map(Lineage.wrap_segment, segments))
-    if route:
-      return ':'.join((system, route, segs))
+    if subtype:
+      return ':'.join((system, subtype, segs))
     return ':'.join((system, segs))
 
   def add(
-      self, system: str, *segments: str, route: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
-    self.metric.add(self.get_fq_name(system, *segments, route=route))
+      self, system: str, *segments: str, subtype: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+    self.metric.add(self.get_fq_name(system, *segments, subtype=subtype))
 
   @staticmethod
   def query(results: MetricResults, label: str) -> Set[str]:
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric_test.py
index 3a8da021101e5..1c6a11e200a54 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/metrics/metric_test.py
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ def test_fq_name(self):
     for k, v in test_cases.items():
       self.assertEqual("apache:" + v, Lineage.get_fq_name("apache", k))
       self.assertEqual(
-          "apache:beam:" + v, Lineage.get_fq_name("apache", k, route="beam"))
+          "apache:beam:" + v, Lineage.get_fq_name("apache", k, subtype="beam"))
       self.assertEqual(
           "apache:beam:" + v + '.' + v,
-          Lineage.get_fq_name("apache", k, k, route="beam"))
+          Lineage.get_fq_name("apache", k, k, subtype="beam"))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':