diff --git a/correlation/inbound_http.go b/correlation/inbound_http.go
index 5090f1f8577f9dc5e451c5159ba9e8a4f7376c77..f85382839feb29be293fe727a50f218d293da7ce 100644
--- a/correlation/inbound_http.go
+++ b/correlation/inbound_http.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 // InjectCorrelationID is an HTTP middleware to generate an Correlation-ID for the incoming request,
 // or extract the existing Correlation-ID from the incoming request. By default, any upstream Correlation-ID,
-// passed in via the `X-Request-ID` header will be ignored. To enable this behaviour, the `WithPropagation`
+// passed in via the `X-Correlation-ID` header will be ignored. To enable this behaviour, the `WithPropagation`
 // option should be passed into the options.
 // Whether the Correlation-ID is generated or propagated, once inside this handler the request context
 // will have a Correlation-ID associated with it.
diff --git a/correlation/outbound_http.go b/correlation/outbound_http.go
index 0345a37be53e47072aded58467461f9ce998b243..17870d565c566bf9881565c950a5d7d485b12a7c 100644
--- a/correlation/outbound_http.go
+++ b/correlation/outbound_http.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-const propagationHeader = "X-Request-ID"
+const propagationHeader = "X-Correlation-ID"
 
 // injectRequest will pass the CorrelationId through to a downstream http request
 // for propagation
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (c instrumentedRoundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (res *http.Respon
 // transport.
 //
 // If will extract the current Correlation-ID from the request context and pass this via
-// the X-Request-ID request header to downstream services.
+// the X-Correlation-ID request header to downstream services.
 func NewInstrumentedRoundTripper(delegate http.RoundTripper, opts ...InstrumentedRoundTripperOption) http.RoundTripper {
 	// Currently we don't use any of the options available
 	applyInstrumentedRoundTripperOptions(opts)