diff --git a/receiver/apachereceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/apachereceiver/config_test.go
index 8b51c3f9196d..53fccfbcd28b 100644
--- a/receiver/apachereceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/apachereceiver/config_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	factory := NewFactory()
 	cfg := factory.CreateDefaultConfig()
 
-	sub, err := cm.Sub(component.NewIDWithName(typeStr, "").String())
+	sub, err := cm.Sub(component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "").String())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, component.UnmarshalConfig(sub, cfg))
 
diff --git a/receiver/apachereceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/apachereceiver/documentation.md
index 283b4c3d3476..a0514c8405d2 100644
--- a/receiver/apachereceiver/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/apachereceiver/documentation.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [comment]: <> (Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.)
 
-# apachereceiver
+# apache
 
 ## Default Metrics
 
diff --git a/receiver/apachereceiver/factory.go b/receiver/apachereceiver/factory.go
index 160791c9a0b3..134717bb83fd 100644
--- a/receiver/apachereceiver/factory.go
+++ b/receiver/apachereceiver/factory.go
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	typeStr = "apache"
-
 	httpDefaultPort  = "80"
 	httpsDefaultPort = "443"
 )
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 // NewFactory creates a factory for apache receiver.
 func NewFactory() receiver.Factory {
 	return receiver.NewFactory(
-		typeStr,
+		metadata.Type,
 		createDefaultConfig,
 		receiver.WithMetrics(createMetricsReceiver, metadata.MetricsStability))
 }
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ func createMetricsReceiver(
 	}
 
 	ns := newApacheScraper(params, cfg, serverName, port)
-	scraper, err := scraperhelper.NewScraper(typeStr, ns.scrape, scraperhelper.WithStart(ns.start))
+	scraper, err := scraperhelper.NewScraper(metadata.Type, ns.scrape, scraperhelper.WithStart(ns.start))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go b/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
index e59757a5432d..74c9818683f8 100644
--- a/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
+++ b/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (ms *MetricConfig) Unmarshal(parser *confmap.Conf) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// MetricsConfig provides config for apachereceiver metrics.
+// MetricsConfig provides config for apache metrics.
 type MetricsConfig struct {
 	ApacheCPULoad            MetricConfig `mapstructure:"apache.cpu.load"`
 	ApacheCPUTime            MetricConfig `mapstructure:"apache.cpu.time"`
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ type ResourceAttributeConfig struct {
 	Enabled bool `mapstructure:"enabled"`
 }
 
-// ResourceAttributesConfig provides config for apachereceiver resource attributes.
+// ResourceAttributesConfig provides config for apache resource attributes.
 type ResourceAttributesConfig struct {
 	ApacheServerName ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"apache.server.name"`
 	ApacheServerPort ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"apache.server.port"`
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func DefaultResourceAttributesConfig() ResourceAttributesConfig {
 	}
 }
 
-// MetricsBuilderConfig is a configuration for apachereceiver metrics builder.
+// MetricsBuilderConfig is a configuration for apache metrics builder.
 type MetricsBuilderConfig struct {
 	Metrics            MetricsConfig            `mapstructure:"metrics"`
 	ResourceAttributes ResourceAttributesConfig `mapstructure:"resource_attributes"`
diff --git a/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
index 6166a12a91eb..e736a3a1c284 100644
--- a/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
+++ b/receiver/apachereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	Type             = "apachereceiver"
+	Type             = "apache"
 	MetricsStability = component.StabilityLevelBeta
 )
diff --git a/receiver/apachereceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/apachereceiver/metadata.yaml
index 0ebcc4b6a73f..2e07220b1b2c 100644
--- a/receiver/apachereceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/apachereceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-type: apachereceiver
+type: apache
 
 status:
   class: receiver