diff --git a/kapacitor.go b/kapacitor.go
index f960809372..666915a70b 100644
--- a/kapacitor.go
+++ b/kapacitor.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ type Talk struct{}
 // Kafka sends alerts to any Kafka brokers specified in the handler config
 type Kafka struct {
 	Cluster  string `json:"cluster"`
-	Topic    string `json:"topic"`
+	Topic    string `json:"kafka-topic"`
 	Template string `json:"template"`
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/handlers/KafkaHandler.tsx b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/handlers/KafkaHandler.tsx
index 7ba9d09bac..fe2c732e3d 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/handlers/KafkaHandler.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/handlers/KafkaHandler.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const KafkaHandler: SFC<Props> = ({
             <HandlerInput
               selectedHandler={handler}
               handleModifyHandler={handleModifyHandler}
-              fieldName="topic"
+              fieldName="kafka-topic"
               fieldDisplay="Topic"
               placeholder=""
             />
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.ts b/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.ts
index 6e24f6aa33..074a2779c1 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.ts
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export const HANDLERS_TO_RULE_THEM_ALL: FieldsFromAllAlerts = {
     'service',
   ],
   hipChat: ['room'],
-  kafka: ['id', 'cluster', 'topic', 'template'],
+  kafka: ['id', 'cluster', 'kafka-topic', 'template'],
   opsGenie: ['teams', 'recipients'],
   opsGenie2: ['teams', 'recipients'],
   pagerDuty: [],