diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilter.java b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilter.java
index ef8598b12..788b6eb15 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilter.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilter.java
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 public class SchemaChangeEventFilter<R extends ConnectRecord<R>> implements Transformation<R> {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SchemaChangeEventFilter.class);
 
-    private static final Field SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST = Field.create("schema.change.event.include.list")
-            .withDisplayName("Schema change event include list")
+    private static final Field SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST = Field.create("schema.change.event.exclude.list")
+            .withDisplayName("Schema change event exclude list")
             .withType(ConfigDef.Type.STRING)
             .withWidth(ConfigDef.Width.SHORT)
             .withImportance(ConfigDef.Importance.LOW)
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ public class SchemaChangeEventFilter<R extends ConnectRecord<R>> implements Tran
     public void configure(Map<String, ?> configs) {
         final Configuration config = Configuration.from(configs);
         smtManager = new SmtManager<>(config);
-        smtManager.validate(config, Field.setOf(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST));
-        final String includeSchemaChangeEvents = config.getString(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST);
+        smtManager.validate(config, Field.setOf(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST));
+        final String includeSchemaChangeEvents = config.getString(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST);
         this.includeSchemaChangeEvents = Arrays.stream(includeSchemaChangeEvents.split(",")).map(typeName -> SchemaChangeEvent.SchemaChangeEventType.valueOf(typeName))
                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public R apply(R record) {
     @Override
     public ConfigDef config() {
         final ConfigDef config = new ConfigDef();
-        Field.group(config, null, SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST);
+        Field.group(config, null, SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST);
         return config;
     }
 
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilterTest.java b/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilterTest.java
index 505e76c23..98ca6437e 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilterTest.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/SchemaChangeEventFilterTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  */
 public class SchemaChangeEventFilterTest extends AbstractExtractStateTest {
 
-    private static final String SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST = "schema.change.event.include.list";
+    private static final String SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST = "schema.change.event.exclude.list";
     private static final String SCHEMA_HISTORY_CHANGE_SCHEMA_NAME = "io.debezium.connector.schema.Change";
 
     @Test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public void whenNoDeclaredConfigExceptionIsThrew() {
         try (SchemaChangeEventFilter<SourceRecord> transform = new SchemaChangeEventFilter<>()) {
             final Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
             assertThatThrownBy(() -> transform.configure(props)).isInstanceOf(ConfigException.class).hasMessageContaining(
-                    "Invalid value null for configuration schema.change.event.include.list: The 'schema.change.event.include.list' value is invalid: A value is required");
+                    "Invalid value null for configuration schema.change.event.exclude.list: The 'schema.change.event.exclude.list' value is invalid: A value is required");
         }
     }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void whenNoDeclaredConfigExceptionIsThrew() {
     public void testSchemaChangeContainsEventTypeFilter() {
         try (SchemaChangeEventFilter<SourceRecord> transform = new SchemaChangeEventFilter<>()) {
             final Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
-            props.put(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST, "ALTER,CREATE");
+            props.put(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST, "ALTER,CREATE");
             transform.configure(props);
             final SourceRecord record = createSchemaChangeRecordContainsEventType();
             assertThat(transform.apply(record));
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public void testSchemaChangeContainsEventTypeFilter() {
     public void testSchemaChangeNonEventTypeFilter() {
         try (SchemaChangeEventFilter<SourceRecord> transform = new SchemaChangeEventFilter<>()) {
             final Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
-            props.put(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST, "ALTER,CREATE");
+            props.put(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST, "ALTER,CREATE");
             transform.configure(props);
             final SourceRecord record = createSchemaChangeRecordNonEventType();
             assertThat(transform.apply(record)).isNull();
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public void testSchemaChangeNonEventTypeFilter() {
     public void testSchemaChangeNonContainsEventTypeFilter() {
         try (SchemaChangeEventFilter<SourceRecord> transform = new SchemaChangeEventFilter<>()) {
             final Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
-            props.put(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_INCLUDE_LIST, "ALTER,CREATE");
+            props.put(SCHEMA_CHANGE_EVENT_EXCLUDE_LIST, "ALTER,CREATE");
             transform.configure(props);
             final SourceRecord record = createSchemaChangeRecordNonContainsEventType();
             assertThat(transform.apply(record)).isNull();
diff --git a/documentation/modules/ROOT/pages/transformations/schema-change-event-filter.adoc b/documentation/modules/ROOT/pages/transformations/schema-change-event-filter.adoc
index dd875220b..aa26e9114 100644
--- a/documentation/modules/ROOT/pages/transformations/schema-change-event-filter.adoc
+++ b/documentation/modules/ROOT/pages/transformations/schema-change-event-filter.adoc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For example, to filter out `DROP` and `TRUNCATE` from captured DDL event message
 ----
 transforms=filterTableDropAndTruncateEvent
 transforms.filterTableDropAndTruncateEvent.type=io.debezium.transforms.SchemaChangeEventFilter
-transforms.filterTableDropAndTruncateEvent.schema.change.event.include.list=DROP,TRUNCATE
+transforms.filterTableDropAndTruncateEvent.schema.change.event.exclude.list=DROP,TRUNCATE
 ----
 
 The following example shows the changes in the values of event records before and after being filtered by the SchemaChangeEventFilter
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ The following table lists the configuration options that you can use with the `S
 |Valid Values
 |Importance
 
-|[[schema-change-event-filter-include-list]]<<schema-change-event-filter-include-list, `schema.change.event.include.list`>>
+|[[schema-change-event-exclude-list]]<<schema-change-event-exclude-list, `schema.change.event.exclude.list`>>
 |A comma-separated list of schema change events that need to be filtered, set to one or more of the following options:
 
 * `CREATE`