diff --git a/generation_config.yaml b/generation_config.yaml
index 5ddbd8ad1ff1..e420a2a345bf 100644
--- a/generation_config.yaml
+++ b/generation_config.yaml
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ libraries:
   - proto_path: google/cloud/managedidentities/v1beta1
 
 - api_shortname: managedkafka
-  name_pretty: Managed Service for Apache Kafka API
+  name_pretty: Managed Service for Apache Kafka
   product_documentation: https://cloud.google.com/managed-kafka
   api_description: Manage Apache Kafka clusters and resources.
   client_documentation: 
diff --git a/java-managedkafka/.repo-metadata.json b/java-managedkafka/.repo-metadata.json
index c05e668743bb..7b72f12a0f38 100644
--- a/java-managedkafka/.repo-metadata.json
+++ b/java-managedkafka/.repo-metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "api_shortname": "managedkafka",
-  "name_pretty": "Managed Service for Apache Kafka API",
+  "name_pretty": "Managed Service for Apache Kafka",
   "product_documentation": "https://cloud.google.com/managed-kafka",
   "api_description": "Manage Apache Kafka clusters and resources.",
   "client_documentation": "https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-managedkafka/latest/overview",
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
   "api_id": "managedkafka.googleapis.com",
   "library_type": "GAPIC_AUTO",
   "requires_billing": true
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-managedkafka/README.md b/java-managedkafka/README.md
index 4cd2127e78b4..7a016181c08b 100644
--- a/java-managedkafka/README.md
+++ b/java-managedkafka/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Managed Service for Apache Kafka API Client for Java
+# Google Managed Service for Apache Kafka Client for Java
 
-Java idiomatic client for [Managed Service for Apache Kafka API][product-docs].
+Java idiomatic client for [Managed Service for Apache Kafka][product-docs].
 
 [![Maven][maven-version-image]][maven-version-link]
 ![Stability][stability-image]
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ See the [Authentication][authentication] section in the base directory's README.
 
 ## Authorization
 
-The client application making API calls must be granted [authorization scopes][auth-scopes] required for the desired Managed Service for Apache Kafka API APIs, and the authenticated principal must have the [IAM role(s)][predefined-iam-roles] required to access GCP resources using the Managed Service for Apache Kafka API calls.
+The client application making API calls must be granted [authorization scopes][auth-scopes] required for the desired Managed Service for Apache Kafka APIs, and the authenticated principal must have the [IAM role(s)][predefined-iam-roles] required to access GCP resources using the Managed Service for Apache Kafka API calls.
 
 ## Getting Started
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-You will need a [Google Cloud Platform Console][developer-console] project with the Managed Service for Apache Kafka API [API enabled][enable-api].
-You will need to [enable billing][enable-billing] to use Google Managed Service for Apache Kafka API.
+You will need a [Google Cloud Platform Console][developer-console] project with the Managed Service for Apache Kafka [API enabled][enable-api].
+You will need to [enable billing][enable-billing] to use Google Managed Service for Apache Kafka.
 [Follow these instructions][create-project] to get your project set up. You will also need to set up the local development environment by
 [installing the Google Cloud Command Line Interface][cloud-cli] and running the following commands in command line:
 `gcloud auth login` and `gcloud config set project [YOUR PROJECT ID]`.
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ You will need to [enable billing][enable-billing] to use Google Managed Service
 You'll need to obtain the `google-cloud-managedkafka` library.  See the [Quickstart](#quickstart) section
 to add `google-cloud-managedkafka` as a dependency in your code.
 
-## About Managed Service for Apache Kafka API
+## About Managed Service for Apache Kafka
 
 
-[Managed Service for Apache Kafka API][product-docs] Manage Apache Kafka clusters and resources.
+[Managed Service for Apache Kafka][product-docs] Manage Apache Kafka clusters and resources.
 
-See the [Managed Service for Apache Kafka API client library docs][javadocs] to learn how to
-use this Managed Service for Apache Kafka API Client Library.
+See the [Managed Service for Apache Kafka client library docs][javadocs] to learn how to
+use this Managed Service for Apache Kafka Client Library.
 
 
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ To get help, follow the instructions in the [shared Troubleshooting document][tr
 
 ## Transport
 
-Managed Service for Apache Kafka API uses both gRPC and HTTP/JSON for the transport layer.
+Managed Service for Apache Kafka uses both gRPC and HTTP/JSON for the transport layer.
 
 ## Supported Java Versions