diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ae44ebd4..69175ecf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    content type (e.g. HTML, plain text, etc).
 
  * Added string comparison operators with support for macro expansion:
-   @contains, @is, @beginsWith and @endsWith.
+   @contains, @streq, @beginsWith and @endsWith.
 
  * Enhanced debug log output to log macro expansion, quote values and
    correctly display values that contained NULs.
diff --git a/apache2/re_operators.c b/apache2/re_operators.c
index 62dccf86..fccfb217 100644
--- a/apache2/re_operators.c
+++ b/apache2/re_operators.c
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ static int msre_op_contains_execute(modsec_rec *msr, msre_rule *rule, msre_var *
     return 0;
 }
 
-/* is */
+/* streq */
 
-static int msre_op_is_execute(modsec_rec *msr, msre_rule *rule, msre_var *var, char **error_msg) {
+static int msre_op_streq_execute(modsec_rec *msr, msre_rule *rule, msre_var *var, char **error_msg) {
     msc_string *str = (msc_string *)apr_pcalloc(msr->mp, sizeof(msc_string));
     const char *match = NULL;
     const char *target;
@@ -1109,9 +1109,9 @@ void msre_engine_register_default_operators(msre_engine *engine) {
 
     /* is */
     msre_engine_op_register(engine,
-        "is",
+        "streq",
         NULL, /* ENH init function to flag var substitution */
-        msre_op_is_execute
+        msre_op_streq_execute
     );
 
     /* startsWith */
diff --git a/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml b/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
index ea272a75..37c083e6 100644
--- a/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
+++ b/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
@@ -4019,22 +4019,6 @@ SecRule ARGS:route "!<emphasis role="bold">@endsWith %{REQUEST_ADDR}</emphasis>"
           role="bold">@inspectFile </emphasis>/opt/apache/bin/inspect_script.pl"</programlisting>
     </section>
 
-    <section>
-      <title><literal>is</literal></title>
-
-      <para><emphasis role="bold">Description: </emphasis>This operator is a
-      string comparison and returns true if the parameter value matches the
-      input exactly. Macro expansion is performed so you may use variable
-      names such as %{TX.1}, etc.</para>
-
-      <para>Example:</para>
-
-      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule ARGS:foo "!<emphasis
-          role="bold">@is bar</emphasis>" t:none,deny,status:403
-SecRule REQUEST_ADDR "^(.*)$" deny,status:403,capture,chain
-SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Ip-Address "!<emphasis role="bold">@is %{TX.1}</emphasis>"</programlisting>
-    </section>
-
     <section>
       <title><literal>le</literal></title>
 
@@ -4115,6 +4099,22 @@ SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Ip-Address "!<emphasis role="bold">@is %{TX.1}</emphasis
       </orderedlist>
     </section>
 
+    <section>
+      <title><literal>streq</literal></title>
+
+      <para><emphasis role="bold">Description: </emphasis>This operator is a
+      string comparison and returns true if the parameter value matches the
+      input exactly. Macro expansion is performed so you may use variable
+      names such as %{TX.1}, etc.</para>
+
+      <para>Example:</para>
+
+      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule ARGS:foo "!<emphasis
+          role="bold">@streq bar</emphasis>" t:none,deny,status:403
+SecRule REQUEST_ADDR "^(.*)$" deny,status:403,capture,chain
+SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Ip-Address "!<emphasis role="bold">@streq %{TX.1}</emphasis>"</programlisting>
+    </section>
+
     <section>
       <title><literal>validateByteRange</literal></title>