diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcac7fe019af..53e71f386ce5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
    recommend the use of `newConfig()` instead of `configure()`. (#1163)
 - The `otlp.Config` type has been unexported and changed to `otlp.config`, along with its initializer. (#1163)
 - Don't consider unset environment variable for resource detection to be an error. (#1170)
+- Rename `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/metric.ConfigureInstrument` to `NewInstrumentConfig` and
+  `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/metric.ConfigureMeter` to `NewMeterConfig`.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/api/global/internal/meter.go b/api/global/internal/meter.go
index ce3ed20996cf..3c7764f72682 100644
--- a/api/global/internal/meter.go
+++ b/api/global/internal/meter.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (p *meterProvider) Meter(instrumentationName string, opts ...metric.MeterOp
 
 	key := meterKey{
 		Name:    instrumentationName,
-		Version: metric.ConfigureMeter(opts).InstrumentationVersion,
+		Version: metric.NewMeterConfig(opts...).InstrumentationVersion,
 	}
 	entry, ok := p.meters[key]
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/api/metric/api_test.go b/api/metric/api_test.go
index b74d7865cd22..777f8efeb1be 100644
--- a/api/metric/api_test.go
+++ b/api/metric/api_test.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for idx, tt := range testcases {
 		t.Logf("Testing counter case %s (%d)", tt.name, idx)
-		if diff := cmp.Diff(metric.ConfigureInstrument(tt.opts), metric.InstrumentConfig{
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(metric.NewInstrumentConfig(tt.opts...), metric.InstrumentConfig{
 			Description: tt.desc,
 			Unit:        tt.unit,
 		}); diff != "" {
diff --git a/api/metric/config.go b/api/metric/config.go
index b5d45f9aeb9c..e937f467f870 100644
--- a/api/metric/config.go
+++ b/api/metric/config.go
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ type InstrumentOption interface {
 	ApplyInstrument(*InstrumentConfig)
 }
 
-// ConfigureInstrument is a helper that applies all the InstrumentOptions
-// to an InstrumentConfig.
-func ConfigureInstrument(opts []InstrumentOption) InstrumentConfig {
+// NewInstrumentConfig creates a new InstrumentConfig
+// and applies all the given options.
+func NewInstrumentConfig(opts ...InstrumentOption) InstrumentConfig {
 	var config InstrumentConfig
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o.ApplyInstrument(&config)
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ type MeterOption interface {
 	ApplyMeter(*MeterConfig)
 }
 
-// ConfigureMeter is a helper that applies all the MeterOptions to a
-// MeterConfig.
-func ConfigureMeter(opts []MeterOption) MeterConfig {
+// NewMeterConfig creates a new MeterConfig and applies
+// all the given options.
+func NewMeterConfig(opts ...MeterOption) MeterConfig {
 	var config MeterConfig
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o.ApplyMeter(&config)
diff --git a/api/metric/descriptor.go b/api/metric/descriptor.go
index ccc2e94b5c6f..512c65bcbb38 100644
--- a/api/metric/descriptor.go
+++ b/api/metric/descriptor.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewDescriptor(name string, mkind Kind, nkind NumberKind, opts ...Instrument
 		name:       name,
 		kind:       mkind,
 		numberKind: nkind,
-		config:     ConfigureInstrument(opts),
+		config:     NewInstrumentConfig(opts...),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/api/metric/sdkapi.go b/api/metric/sdkapi.go
index 3c4e11ee4fb6..20c3905606e3 100644
--- a/api/metric/sdkapi.go
+++ b/api/metric/sdkapi.go
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ func WrapMeterImpl(impl MeterImpl, instrumentatioName string, opts ...MeterOptio
 	return Meter{
 		impl:    impl,
 		name:    instrumentatioName,
-		version: ConfigureMeter(opts).InstrumentationVersion,
+		version: NewMeterConfig(opts...).InstrumentationVersion,
 	}
 }