diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 46638b4db6..a090502815 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4723.	[bug]		Statistics counter DNSTAPdropped was misidentified
+			as DNSSECdropped. [RT #46002]
+			
 4722.	[cleanup]	Clean up uses of strcpy() and strcat() in favor of
 			strlcpy() and strlcat() for safety. [RT #45981]
 
diff --git a/bin/named/statschannel.c b/bin/named/statschannel.c
index 67a451803e..7a31f444e4 100644
--- a/bin/named/statschannel.c
+++ b/bin/named/statschannel.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ init_desc(void) {
 	} while (0)
 	i = 0;
 	SET_DNSTAPSTATDESC(success, "dnstap messges written", "DNSTAPsuccess");
-	SET_DNSTAPSTATDESC(drop, "dnstap messages dropped", "DNSSECdropped");
+	SET_DNSTAPSTATDESC(drop, "dnstap messages dropped", "DNSTAPdropped");
 	INSIST(i == dns_dnstapcounter_max);
 
 	/* Sanity check */