diff --git a/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c b/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c
index a55c7b8b0709..4cd5043d6552 100644
--- a/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c
+++ b/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c
@@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@ static void stats_get_cb (flux_t *h,
                            "{ s:O s:O s:{s:O s:O} s:i }",
                            "cache", cstats,
                            "namespace", nsstats,
-                           "transactions",
+                           "transaction-opcount",
                              "commit", txncstats,
                              "fence", txnfstats,
                            "pending_requests", zhashx_size (ctx->requests)) < 0)
diff --git a/t/t1001-kvs-internals.t b/t/t1001-kvs-internals.t
index ec113a52f9e6..525edcef784f 100755
--- a/t/t1001-kvs-internals.t
+++ b/t/t1001-kvs-internals.t
@@ -461,36 +461,6 @@ test_expect_success 'kvs: read-your-writes consistency on alt namespace' '
 	flux kvs namespace remove rywtestns
 '
 
-#
-# test clear of stats
-#
-
-# each store of largeval will increase the noop store count, b/c we
-# know that the identical large value will be cached as raw data
-
-test_expect_success 'kvs: clear stats locally' '
-	flux kvs unlink -Rf $DIR &&
-	flux module stats -c kvs &&
-	flux module stats --parse "namespace.primary.#no-op stores" kvs | grep -q 0 &&
-	flux kvs put $DIR.largeval1=$largeval &&
-	flux kvs put $DIR.largeval2=$largeval &&
-	! flux module stats --parse "namespace.primary.#no-op stores" kvs | grep -q 0 &&
-	flux module stats -c kvs &&
-	flux module stats --parse "namespace.primary.#no-op stores" kvs | grep -q 0
-'
-
-test_expect_success NO_ASAN 'kvs: clear stats globally' '
-	flux kvs unlink -Rf $DIR &&
-	flux module stats -C kvs &&
-	flux exec -n sh -c "flux module stats --parse \"namespace.primary.#no-op stores\" kvs | grep -q 0" &&
-	for i in `seq 0 $((${SIZE} - 1))`; do
-	    flux exec -n -r $i sh -c "flux kvs put $DIR.$i.largeval1=$largeval $DIR.$i.largeval2=$largeval"
-	done &&
-	! flux exec -n sh -c "flux module stats --parse \"namespace.primary.#no-op stores\" kvs | grep -q 0" &&
-	flux module stats -C kvs &&
-	flux exec -n sh -c "flux module stats --parse \"namespace.primary.#no-op stores\" kvs | grep -q 0"
-'
-
 #
 # test fence api
 #
@@ -534,6 +504,36 @@ test_expect_success 'kvs: 1 pending requests at end of tests before module remov
 	test $pendingcount1 -eq 1
 '
 
+#
+# test clear of stats
+#
+
+# each store of largeval will increase the noop store count, b/c we
+# know that the identical large value will be cached as raw data
+
+test_expect_success 'kvs: clear stats locally' '
+	flux kvs unlink -Rf $DIR &&
+	flux module stats -c kvs &&
+	flux module stats --parse "namespace.primary.#no-op stores" kvs | grep -q 0 &&
+	flux kvs put $DIR.largeval1=$largeval &&
+	flux kvs put $DIR.largeval2=$largeval &&
+	! flux module stats --parse "namespace.primary.#no-op stores" kvs | grep -q 0 &&
+	flux module stats -c kvs &&
+	flux module stats --parse "namespace.primary.#no-op stores" kvs | grep -q 0
+'
+
+test_expect_success NO_ASAN 'kvs: clear stats globally' '
+	flux kvs unlink -Rf $DIR &&
+	flux module stats -C kvs &&
+	flux exec -n sh -c "flux module stats --parse \"namespace.primary.#no-op stores\" kvs | grep -q 0" &&
+	for i in `seq 0 $((${SIZE} - 1))`; do
+	    flux exec -n -r $i sh -c "flux kvs put $DIR.$i.largeval1=$largeval $DIR.$i.largeval2=$largeval"
+	done &&
+	! flux exec -n sh -c "flux module stats --parse \"namespace.primary.#no-op stores\" kvs | grep -q 0" &&
+	flux module stats -C kvs &&
+	flux exec -n sh -c "flux module stats --parse \"namespace.primary.#no-op stores\" kvs | grep -q 0"
+'
+
 #
 # test ENOSYS on unfinished requests when unloading the KVS module
 #