diff --git a/docs/trace/building-your-own-exporter/MyExporter.cs b/docs/trace/building-your-own-exporter/MyExporter.cs
index 653b1a6552e..e55637f8d4e 100644
--- a/docs/trace/building-your-own-exporter/MyExporter.cs
+++ b/docs/trace/building-your-own-exporter/MyExporter.cs
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 using OpenTelemetry;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 
-internal class MyExporter : ActivityExporterSync
+internal class MyExporter : ActivityExporter
 {
-    public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
+    public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
     {
         // Exporter code which can generate further
         // telemetry should do so inside SuppressInstrumentation
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
             Console.WriteLine($"{activity.DisplayName}");
         }
 
-        return ExportResultSync.Success;
+        return ExportResult.Success;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs
index 37a0319922a..5a0327f032b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console
 {
-    public class ConsoleExporter : ActivityExporterSync
+    public class ConsoleExporter : ActivityExporter
     {
         private readonly JsonSerializerOptions serializerOptions;
         private readonly bool displayAsJson;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public ConsoleExporter(ConsoleExporterOptions options)
             this.serializerOptions.Converters.Add(new ActivityTraceIdConverter());
         }
 
-        public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
+        public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
         {
             foreach (var activity in batch)
             {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
                 }
             }
 
-            return ExportResultSync.Success;
+            return ExportResult.Success;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger/JaegerExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger/JaegerExporter.cs
index 4483cd9aa0b..ab2ee1452db 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger/JaegerExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger/JaegerExporter.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger
 {
-    public class JaegerExporter : ActivityExporterSync
+    public class JaegerExporter : ActivityExporter
     {
         private bool libraryResourceApplied;
         private bool disposedValue; // To detect redundant dispose calls
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public JaegerExporter(JaegerExporterOptions options)
         internal JaegerUdpBatcher JaegerAgentUdpBatcher { get; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> activityBatch)
+        public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> activityBatch)
         {
             var activities = new List<Activity>();
             foreach (var activity in activityBatch)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> activityBatch)
             this.JaegerAgentUdpBatcher.AppendBatchAsync(activities, default).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
             // TODO jaeger status to ExportResult
-            return ExportResultSync.Success;
+            return ExportResult.Success;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs
index 32e955b807e..a8879ea1699 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol
     /// Exporter consuming <see cref="Activity"/> and exporting the data using
     /// the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP).
     /// </summary>
-    public class OtlpExporter : ActivityExporterSync
+    public class OtlpExporter : ActivityExporter
     {
         private readonly Channel channel;
         private readonly OtlpCollector.TraceService.TraceServiceClient traceClient;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public OtlpExporter(OtlpExporterOptions options)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> activityBatch)
+        public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> activityBatch)
         {
             var exporterRequest = new OtlpCollector.ExportTraceServiceRequest();
 
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> activityBatch)
             {
                 OpenTelemetryProtocolExporterEventSource.Log.FailedToReachCollector(ex);
 
-                return ExportResultSync.Failure;
+                return ExportResult.Failure;
             }
 
-            return ExportResultSync.Success;
+            return ExportResult.Success;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporter.cs
index 47d885cb4b2..1a344acd672 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporter.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages
     /// <summary>
     /// Implements ZPages exporter.
     /// </summary>
-    public class ZPagesExporter : ActivityExporterSync
+    public class ZPagesExporter : ActivityExporter
     {
         internal readonly ZPagesExporterOptions Options;
         private readonly Timer minuteTimer;
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ public ZPagesExporter(ZPagesExporterOptions options)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
+        public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
         {
             // var spanDatas = batch as SpanData[] ?? batch.ToArray();
-            return ExportResultSync.Success;
+            return ExportResult.Success;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/ZipkinExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/ZipkinExporter.cs
index 38cb49b82ee..e1ae4cc9eb9 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/ZipkinExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/ZipkinExporter.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin
     /// <summary>
     /// Zipkin exporter.
     /// </summary>
-    public class ZipkinExporter : ActivityExporterSync
+    public class ZipkinExporter : ActivityExporter
     {
         private readonly ZipkinExporterOptions options;
         private readonly HttpClient httpClient;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public ZipkinExporter(ZipkinExporterOptions options, HttpClient client = null)
         internal ZipkinEndpoint LocalEndpoint { get; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
+        public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
 
                 this.SendBatchActivityAsync(activities, CancellationToken.None).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
-                return ExportResultSync.Success;
+                return ExportResult.Success;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 ZipkinExporterEventSource.Log.FailedExport(ex);
 
                 // TODO distinguish retryable exceptions
-                return ExportResultSync.Failure;
+                return ExportResult.Failure;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index aac02b40db4..3bb44b82ecc 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
   [#1087](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1087)
   [#1094](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1094)
   [#1113](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1113)
-  [#1127](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1127))
+  [#1127](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1127)
+  [#1129](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1129))
 
 ## 0.4.0-beta.2
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.cs
index fa6e8eac5f8..d4c7839d9ec 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void ShutdownEvent(int spansLeftUnprocessed)
         }
 
         [Event(3, Message = "Exporter returned error '{0}'.", Level = EventLevel.Warning)]
-        public void ExporterErrorResult(ExportResultSync exportResult)
+        public void ExporterErrorResult(ExportResult exportResult)
         {
             this.WriteEvent(3, exportResult.ToString());
         }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporterSync.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporter.cs
similarity index 87%
rename from src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporterSync.cs
rename to src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporter.cs
index 3f6d06eb83b..4c0aa6889bb 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporterSync.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporter.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// <copyright file="ActivityExporterSync.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// <copyright file="ActivityExporter.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
     /// <summary>
     /// Enumeration used to define the result of an export operation.
     /// </summary>
-    public enum ExportResultSync
+    public enum ExportResult
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Batch export succeeded.
@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ public enum ExportResultSync
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// ActivityExporterSync base class.
+    /// ActivityExporter base class.
     /// </summary>
-    public abstract class ActivityExporterSync : IDisposable
+    public abstract class ActivityExporter : IDisposable
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Export a batch of <see cref="Activity"/> objects.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="batch">Batch of <see cref="Activity"/> objects to export.</param>
         /// <returns>Result of export.</returns>
-        public abstract ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> batch);
+        public abstract ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> batch);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Shuts down the exporter.
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/BatchExportActivityProcessor.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/BatchExportActivityProcessor.cs
index 03f6acb8796..93dd0c602d3 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/BatchExportActivityProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/BatchExportActivityProcessor.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
     /// </summary>
     public class BatchExportActivityProcessor : ActivityProcessor
     {
-        private readonly ActivityExporterSync exporter;
+        private readonly ActivityExporter exporter;
         private readonly CircularBuffer<Activity> circularBuffer;
         private readonly int scheduledDelayMillis;
         private readonly int exporterTimeoutMillis;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class BatchExportActivityProcessor : ActivityProcessor
         /// <param name="exporterTimeoutMillis">How long the export can run before it is cancelled. The default value is 30000.</param>
         /// <param name="maxExportBatchSize">The maximum batch size of every export. It must be smaller or equal to maxQueueSize. The default value is 512.</param>
         public BatchExportActivityProcessor(
-            ActivityExporterSync exporter,
+            ActivityExporter exporter,
             int maxQueueSize = 2048,
             int scheduledDelayMillis = 5000,
             int exporterTimeoutMillis = 30000,
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs
index 1f24bf44a6d..c7847b138d4 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
     /// </summary>
     public class ReentrantExportActivityProcessor : ActivityProcessor
     {
-        private readonly ActivityExporterSync exporter;
+        private readonly ActivityExporter exporter;
         private bool stopped;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ReentrantExportActivityProcessor"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="exporter">Activity exporter instance.</param>
-        public ReentrantExportActivityProcessor(ActivityExporterSync exporter)
+        public ReentrantExportActivityProcessor(ActivityExporter exporter)
         {
             this.exporter = exporter ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(exporter));
         }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs
index 9d2bd9ef3f9..83b4bfea946 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class SimpleExportActivityProcessor : ReentrantExportActivityProcessor
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SimpleExportActivityProcessor"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="exporter">Activity exporter instance.</param>
-        public SimpleExportActivityProcessor(ActivityExporterSync exporter)
+        public SimpleExportActivityProcessor(ActivityExporter exporter)
             : base(exporter)
         {
         }