diff --git a/internal/cmd/egctl/envoy_stats.go b/internal/cmd/egctl/envoy_stats.go
index 2d127fcf12ca..cf943d04332a 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/egctl/envoy_stats.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/egctl/envoy_stats.go
@@ -29,26 +29,26 @@ var (
 	statsType, outputFormat string
 )
 
-func newEnvoyStatsConfigCmd() *cobra.Command {
+func newEnvoyStatsCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var podName, podNamespace string
 
 	statsConfigCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "stats [<type>/]<name>[.<namespace>]",
+		Use:   "envoy-proxy [<type>/]<name>[.<namespace>]",
 		Short: "Retrieves Envoy metrics in the specified pod",
 		Long:  `Retrieve Envoy emitted metrics for the specified pod.`,
 		Example: `  # Retrieve Envoy emitted metrics for the specified pod.
   egctl experimental stats <pod-name[.namespace]>
 
   # Retrieve Envoy server metrics in prometheus format
-  egctl experimental stats <pod-name[.namespace]> --output prom
+  egctl experimental stats envoy-proxy <pod-name[.namespace]> --output prom
 
   # Retrieve Envoy server metrics in prometheus format with merged application metrics
-  egctl experimental stats <pod-name[.namespace]> --output prom-merged
+  egctl experimental stats envoy-proxy <pod-name[.namespace]> --output prom-merged
 
   # Retrieve Envoy cluster metrics
-  egctl experimental stats <pod-name[.namespace]> --type clusters
+  egctl experimental stats  envoy-proxy <pod-name[.namespace]> --type clusters
 `,
-		Aliases: []string{"es"},
+		Aliases: []string{"ep"},
 		Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) != 1 && len(labelSelectors) == 0 {
 				cmd.Println(cmd.UsageString())
diff --git a/internal/cmd/egctl/experimental.go b/internal/cmd/egctl/experimental.go
index 03218bf435f7..7fb744fb8de4 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/egctl/experimental.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/egctl/experimental.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func newExperimentalCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	experimentalCommand.AddCommand(NewTranslateCommand())
-	experimentalCommand.AddCommand(newEnvoyStatsConfigCmd())
+	experimentalCommand.AddCommand(statsCommand())
 
 	return experimentalCommand
 }
diff --git a/internal/cmd/egctl/stats.go b/internal/cmd/egctl/stats.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e8ccca90bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cmd/egctl/stats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright Envoy Gateway Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// The full text of the Apache license is available in the LICENSE file at
+// the root of the repo.
+
+package egctl
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func statsCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	c := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "stats",
+		Long:    "Retrieve stats from envoy proxy.",
+	}
+
+	c.AddCommand(newEnvoyStatsCmd())
+
+	return c
+}
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