diff --git a/docs/assets/plugins/metadata/metadata.js b/docs/assets/plugins/metadata/metadata.js
index 44d7fb595..739b9c177 100644
--- a/docs/assets/plugins/metadata/metadata.js
+++ b/docs/assets/plugins/metadata/metadata.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
         return resolve(metadataStore);
       }
 
-      fetch('/dist/components.json')
+      fetch('/dist/metadata.json')
         .then(res => res.json())
         .then(data => {
           metadataStore = data;
diff --git a/docs/resources/changelog.md b/docs/resources/changelog.md
index 02573aca4..53302a7be 100644
--- a/docs/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/resources/changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ _During the beta period, these restrictions may be relaxed in the event of a mis
 
 ## Next
 
+- Renamed `components.json` to `metadata.json`
 - Updated to the prerelease versions of LitElement and lit-html
 
 ## 2.0.0-beta.35
diff --git a/scripts/make-metadata.cjs b/scripts/make-metadata.cjs
index 0d7e81b1a..ea97d425e 100644
--- a/scripts/make-metadata.cjs
+++ b/scripts/make-metadata.cjs
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ components.map(async component => {
   metadata.components.push(api);
 });
 
-// Generate components.json
+// Generate metadata.json
 (async () => {
-  const filename = path.join('./dist/components.json');
+  const filename = path.join('./dist/metadata.json');
   const json = JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2);
 
   await mkdirp(path.dirname(filename));