diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bad61fd9..1230fbcf8 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ TBD: throughput on production servers.
 
 ## Plugins
 
-**Input**: [dmesg](plugin/input/dmesg/README.md), [fake](plugin/input/fake/README.md), [file](plugin/input/file/README.md), [http](plugin/input/http/README.md), [journalctl](plugin/input/journalctl/README.md), [k8s](plugin/input/k8s/README.md), [kafka](plugin/input/kafka/README.md)
+**Input**: [dmesg](plugin/input/dmesg/README.md), [fake](plugin/input/fake/README.md), [file](plugin/input/file/README.md), [http](plugin/input/http/README.md), [journald](plugin/input/journald/README.md), [k8s](plugin/input/k8s/README.md), [kafka](plugin/input/kafka/README.md)
 
 **Action**: [add_file_name](plugin/action/add_file_name/README.md), [add_host](plugin/action/add_host/README.md), [convert_date](plugin/action/convert_date/README.md), [convert_log_level](plugin/action/convert_log_level/README.md), [debug](plugin/action/debug/README.md), [discard](plugin/action/discard/README.md), [flatten](plugin/action/flatten/README.md), [join](plugin/action/join/README.md), [join_template](plugin/action/join_template/README.md), [json_decode](plugin/action/json_decode/README.md), [json_encode](plugin/action/json_encode/README.md), [keep_fields](plugin/action/keep_fields/README.md), [mask](plugin/action/mask/README.md), [modify](plugin/action/modify/README.md), [parse_es](plugin/action/parse_es/README.md), [parse_re2](plugin/action/parse_re2/README.md), [remove_fields](plugin/action/remove_fields/README.md), [rename](plugin/action/rename/README.md), [set_time](plugin/action/set_time/README.md), [throttle](plugin/action/throttle/README.md)
 
diff --git a/_sidebar.md b/_sidebar.md
index 46663300a..ef24abb53 100644
--- a/_sidebar.md
+++ b/_sidebar.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     - [fake](plugin/input/fake/README.md)
     - [file](plugin/input/file/README.md)
     - [http](plugin/input/http/README.md)
-    - [journalctl](plugin/input/journalctl/README.md)
+    - [journald](plugin/input/journald/README.md)
     - [k8s](plugin/input/k8s/README.md)
     - [kafka](plugin/input/kafka/README.md)
 
diff --git a/cmd/file.d/file.d.go b/cmd/file.d/file.d.go
index 690c7fd68..c11c37688 100644
--- a/cmd/file.d/file.d.go
+++ b/cmd/file.d/file.d.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/fake"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/file"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/http"
-	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/journalctl"
+	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/journald"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/k8s"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/kafka"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/output/clickhouse"
diff --git a/cmd/file.d/file.d_test.go b/cmd/file.d/file.d_test.go
index f1b462ee9..6715c6255 100644
--- a/cmd/file.d/file.d_test.go
+++ b/cmd/file.d/file.d_test.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Plugins registered automatically after importing by init() function:
 
 Moving plugin in sub dir in plugin dir will quit registration quietly.
 To prevent this let's check that DefaultPluginRegistry contains all plugins.
-Plugins "dmesg", "journalctl" linux based, they contain tag: //go:build linux.
+Plugins "dmesg", "journald" linux based, they contain tag: //go:build linux.
 We don't check them.
 */
 func TestThatPluginsAreImported(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 82eb65b35..d286c5d4f 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Images are available
 on [GitHub container registry](https://github.com/ozontech/file.d/pkgs/container/file.d/versions?filters%5Bversion_type%5D=tagged).
 
 **Note**:
-If you are using [journalctl](https://github.com/ozontech/file.d/tree/master/plugin/input/journalctl) input plugin, we
+If you are using [journald](https://github.com/ozontech/file.d/tree/master/plugin/input/journald) input plugin, we
 recommend choosing the ubuntu version that matches the host machine
 version.
 For example, if the host machine with which you want to collect logs using journald has a version of Ubuntu 18.04, you
diff --git a/e2e/start_work_test.go b/e2e/start_work_test.go
index 0d9e08b7e..3f63974ec 100644
--- a/e2e/start_work_test.go
+++ b/e2e/start_work_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/fake"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/file"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/http"
-	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/journalctl"
+	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/journald"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/k8s"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/input/kafka"
 	_ "github.com/ozontech/file.d/plugin/output/clickhouse"
diff --git a/plugin/README.md b/plugin/README.md
index 68fa73004..110eb5c94 100755
--- a/plugin/README.md
+++ b/plugin/README.md
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ curl "localhost:9200/_bulk" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d \
 ```
 
 [More details...](plugin/input/http/README.md)
-## journalctl
+## journald
 Reads `journalctl` output.
 
-[More details...](plugin/input/journalctl/README.md)
+[More details...](plugin/input/journald/README.md)
 ## k8s
 It reads Kubernetes logs and also adds pod meta-information. Also, it joins split logs into a single event.
 
diff --git a/plugin/input/README.md b/plugin/input/README.md
index 988e0668f..5a60a763f 100755
--- a/plugin/input/README.md
+++ b/plugin/input/README.md
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ curl "localhost:9200/_bulk" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d \
 ```
 
 [More details...](plugin/input/http/README.md)
-## journalctl
+## journald
 Reads `journalctl` output.
 
-[More details...](plugin/input/journalctl/README.md)
+[More details...](plugin/input/journald/README.md)
 ## k8s
 It reads Kubernetes logs and also adds pod meta-information. Also, it joins split logs into a single event.
 
diff --git a/plugin/input/journalctl/init.go b/plugin/input/journalctl/init.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b60e18b8e..000000000
--- a/plugin/input/journalctl/init.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package journalctl
-
-// this file used to import journalctl plugin without errors on the darwin platform
diff --git a/plugin/input/journalctl/README.idoc.md b/plugin/input/journald/README.idoc.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugin/input/journalctl/README.idoc.md
rename to plugin/input/journald/README.idoc.md
diff --git a/plugin/input/journalctl/README.md b/plugin/input/journald/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugin/input/journalctl/README.md
rename to plugin/input/journald/README.md
diff --git a/plugin/input/journald/init.go b/plugin/input/journald/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89d3ac57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/input/journald/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package journald
+
+// this file used to import journald plugin without errors on the darwin platform
diff --git a/plugin/input/journalctl/journalctl.go b/plugin/input/journald/journald.go
similarity index 81%
rename from plugin/input/journalctl/journalctl.go
rename to plugin/input/journald/journald.go
index 9e8a2ff45..6bbe498a4 100644
--- a/plugin/input/journalctl/journalctl.go
+++ b/plugin/input/journald/journald.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //go:build linux
 
-package journalctl
+package journald
 
 import (
 	"strings"
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ type Plugin struct {
 
 	//  plugin metrics
 
-	offsetErrorsMetric        *prometheus.CounterVec
-	journalCtlStopErrorMetric *prometheus.CounterVec
-	readerErrorsMetric        *prometheus.CounterVec
+	offsetErrorsMetric      *prometheus.CounterVec
+	journalDStopErrorMetric *prometheus.CounterVec
+	readerErrorsMetric      *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ func (o *offsetInfo) set(cursor string) {
 }
 
 func (p *Plugin) Write(bytes []byte) (int, error) {
-	p.params.Controller.In(0, "journalctl", p.currentOffset, bytes, false)
+	p.params.Controller.In(0, "journald", p.currentOffset, bytes, false)
 	p.currentOffset++
 	return len(bytes), nil
 }
 
 func init() {
 	fd.DefaultPluginRegistry.RegisterInput(&pipeline.PluginStaticInfo{
-		Type:    "journalctl",
+		Type:    "journald",
 		Factory: Factory,
 	})
 }
@@ -108,16 +108,16 @@ func (p *Plugin) Start(config pipeline.AnyConfig, params *pipeline.InputPluginPa
 }
 
 func (p *Plugin) registerMetrics(ctl *metric.Ctl) {
-	p.offsetErrorsMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_journalctl_offset_errors", "Number of errors occurred when saving/loading offset")
-	p.journalCtlStopErrorMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_journalctl_stop_errors", "Total journalctl stop errors")
-	p.readerErrorsMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_journalctl_reader_errors", "Total reader errors")
+	p.offsetErrorsMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_journald_offset_errors", "Number of errors occurred when saving/loading offset")
+	p.journalDStopErrorMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_journald_stop_errors", "Total journald stop errors")
+	p.readerErrorsMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_journald_reader_errors", "Total reader errors")
 }
 
 func (p *Plugin) Stop() {
 	err := p.reader.stop()
 	if err != nil {
-		p.journalCtlStopErrorMetric.WithLabelValues().Inc()
-		p.logger.Error("can't stop journalctl cmd", zap.Error(err))
+		p.journalDStopErrorMetric.WithLabelValues().Inc()
+		p.logger.Error("can't stop journald cmd", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 
 	offsets := *p.offInfo.Load()
diff --git a/plugin/input/journalctl/journalctl_test.go b/plugin/input/journald/journald_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from plugin/input/journalctl/journalctl_test.go
rename to plugin/input/journald/journald_test.go
index 923d157af..01c575314 100644
--- a/plugin/input/journalctl/journalctl_test.go
+++ b/plugin/input/journald/journald_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //go:build linux
 
-package journalctl
+package journald
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
diff --git a/plugin/input/journalctl/reader.go b/plugin/input/journald/reader.go
similarity index 99%
rename from plugin/input/journalctl/reader.go
rename to plugin/input/journald/reader.go
index 15f8722a8..de898299d 100644
--- a/plugin/input/journalctl/reader.go
+++ b/plugin/input/journald/reader.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //go:build linux
 
-package journalctl
+package journald
 
 import (
 	"bufio"