diff --git a/packages/instrumentation-openai/TESTING.md b/packages/instrumentation-openai/TESTING.md
index 162d5ecb..89bf1cdb 100644
--- a/packages/instrumentation-openai/TESTING.md
+++ b/packages/instrumentation-openai/TESTING.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ or a running Ollama. Which is used is determined by the environment variables.
 1. OpenAI
 
     ```bash
-    cp openai.env.template openai.env
+    cp openai.env.example openai.env
     vi openai.env     # Add your OpenAI credentials.
 
     set -a; source ./openai.env
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ or a running Ollama. Which is used is determined by the environment variables.
 2. Azure OpenAI
 
     ```bash
-    cp azure.env.template azure.env
+    cp azure.env.example azure.env
     vi azure.env     # Add your credentials and resource & deployment details.
 
     set -a; source ./azure.env
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ones, those recordings might need to be regenerated. This runs against
 api.openai.com, so you must have valid OpenAI auth set in your environment.
 
 ```bash
-cp openai.env.template openai.env
+cp openai.env.example openai.env
 vi openai.env           # Add your OpenAI credentials.
 
 set -a; source openai.env
diff --git a/packages/instrumentation-openai/azure.env.template b/packages/instrumentation-openai/azure.env.example
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/instrumentation-openai/azure.env.template
rename to packages/instrumentation-openai/azure.env.example
diff --git a/packages/instrumentation-openai/openai.env.template b/packages/instrumentation-openai/openai.env.example
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/instrumentation-openai/openai.env.template
rename to packages/instrumentation-openai/openai.env.example
diff --git a/packages/instrumentation-openai/test/fixtures.test.js b/packages/instrumentation-openai/test/fixtures.test.js
index fb0f4653..dffce81f 100644
--- a/packages/instrumentation-openai/test/fixtures.test.js
+++ b/packages/instrumentation-openai/test/fixtures.test.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ switch (testMode) {
     }
     if (!process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY) {
       throw new Error(
-        'OPENAI_API_KEY is not set. To regenerate-recordings, it must be set. Set it in your environment, or use TEST_FIXTURES_ENV_FILE="./openai.env" (see "openai.env.template").'
+        'OPENAI_API_KEY is not set. To regenerate-recordings, it must be set. Set it in your environment, or use TEST_FIXTURES_ENV_FILE="./openai.env" (see "openai.env.example").'
       );
     }
     usingNock = true;