diff --git a/.changeset/red-games-decide.md b/.changeset/red-games-decide.md
index cbf36de833..ca5ff580b4 100644
--- a/.changeset/red-games-decide.md
+++ b/.changeset/red-games-decide.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-api-docs-react': major
+'@backstage/plugin-api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc': major
 ---
 
-Adds an api widget to render protoc-gen-doc generated descriptors by the grpc-docs package
+Added the new `grpcDocsApiWidget` to render `protoc-gen-doc` generated descriptors by the `grpc-docs` package.
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs-react/.eslintrc.js b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/.eslintrc.js
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/api-docs-react/.eslintrc.js
rename to plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/.eslintrc.js
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs-react/README.md b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/README.md
similarity index 87%
rename from plugins/api-docs-react/README.md
rename to plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/README.md
index d030aba222..4d90cd74c2 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs-react/README.md
+++ b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @backstage/plugin-api-docs-react
+# @backstage/plugin-api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc
 
 This package contains ApiDefinitionWidgets for the following projects:
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This package contains ApiDefinitionWidgets for the following projects:
 ## Setup
 
 ```
-yarn add @backstage/plugin-api-docs-react
+yarn add @backstage/plugin-api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc
 ```
 
 ## Add the GrpcDocsApiWidget to your apis
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ yarn add @backstage/plugin-api-docs-react
 Add the widget to your `apiDocsConfigRef`.
 
 ```ts
-import { grpcDocsApiWidget } from '@backstage/plugin-api-docs-react';
+import { grpcDocsApiWidget } from '@backstage/plugin-api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc';
 // packages/app/apis.ts
 export const apis: AnyApiFactory[] = [
   createApiFactory({
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs-react/api-report.md b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/api-report.md
similarity index 85%
rename from plugins/api-docs-react/api-report.md
rename to plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/api-report.md
index 2f7c6db7c1..0573573682 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/api-report.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## API Report File for "@backstage/plugin-api-docs-react"
+## API Report File for "@backstage/plugin-api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc"
 
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs-react/package.json b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/package.json
similarity index 78%
rename from plugins/api-docs-react/package.json
rename to plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/package.json
index dfea494ced..81e7b7ea45 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs-react/package.json
+++ b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "name": "@backstage/plugin-api-docs-react",
-  "description": "Common functionalities for the api-docs-react plugin",
+  "name": "@backstage/plugin-api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc",
+  "description": "Additional functionalities for the api-docs plugin that renders the output of the protoc-gen-doc",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
     "types": "dist/index.d.ts"
   },
   "backstage": {
-    "role": "web-library"
+    "role": "frontend-plugin-module"
   },
   "homepage": "https://backstage.io",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/backstage/backstage",
-    "directory": "plugins/api-docs-react"
+    "directory": "plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "backstage"
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs-react/src/index.ts b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/api-docs-react/src/index.ts
rename to plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/src/index.ts
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs-react/src/setupTests.ts b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/src/setupTests.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/api-docs-react/src/setupTests.ts
rename to plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/src/setupTests.ts
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs-react/src/widgets.tsx b/plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/src/widgets.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/api-docs-react/src/widgets.tsx
rename to plugins/api-docs-module-protoc-gen-doc/src/widgets.tsx