diff --git a/cmd/config/docs/commands/sub.md b/cmd/config/docs/commands/sub.md
index 38540fe9f..eb5b7fbc8 100644
--- a/cmd/config/docs/commands/sub.md
+++ b/cmd/config/docs/commands/sub.md
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ To create a substitution for a field see: `kustomize help config set create`
     # dir/resources.yaml
     ...
     metadata:
-      name: test-app1 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"ownedBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
+      name: test-app1 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"setBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
     ...
     ---
     ...
     metadata:
-      name: test-app2 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"ownedBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
+      name: test-app2 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"setBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
     ...
 
   Revert substitution:
diff --git a/cmd/config/docs/commands/subset.md b/cmd/config/docs/commands/subset.md
index 1a3f5ca00..f5ee8b91d 100644
--- a/cmd/config/docs/commands/subset.md
+++ b/cmd/config/docs/commands/subset.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ FieldMeta Schema read by `sub`:
           "type": "string",
           "description": "A description of the field's current value.  Optional."
         },
-        "ownedBy": {
+        "setBy": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The current owner of the field.  Optional."
         },
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go b/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
index 598a8c676..ef0013e83 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
@@ -262,12 +262,12 @@ var SubExamples = `
     # dir/resources.yaml
     ...
     metadata:
-      name: test-app1 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"ownedBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
+      name: test-app1 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"setBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
     ...
     ---
     ...
     metadata:
-      name: test-app2 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"ownedBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
+      name: test-app2 # {"substitutions":[{"name":"prefix","marker":"PREFIX-","value":"test-"}],"setBy":"dev","description":"test environment"}
     ...
 
   Revert substitution:
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ FieldMeta Schema read by ` + "`" + `sub` + "`" + `:
           "type": "string",
           "description": "A description of the field's current value.  Optional."
         },
-        "ownedBy": {
+        "setBy": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The current owner of the field.  Optional."
         },
diff --git a/kyaml/fieldmeta/fieldmeta.go b/kyaml/fieldmeta/fieldmeta.go
index 5458b6285..9447c80af 100644
--- a/kyaml/fieldmeta/fieldmeta.go
+++ b/kyaml/fieldmeta/fieldmeta.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type FieldMeta struct {
 	// Substitutions are substitutions that may be performed against this field
 	Substitutions []Substitution `yaml:"substitutions,omitempty" json:"substitutions,omitempty"`
 	// OwnedBy records the owner of this field
-	OwnedBy string `yaml:"ownedBy,omitempty" json:"ownedBy,omitempty"`
+	OwnedBy string `yaml:"setBy,omitempty" json:"setBy,omitempty"`
 	// DefaultedBy records that this field was default, but may be changed by other owners
 	DefaultedBy string `yaml:"defaultedBy,omitempty" json:"defaultedBy,omitempty"`
 	// Description is a description of the current field value, e.g. why it was set