diff --git a/Libraries/Core/RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter.js b/Libraries/Core/RawEventEmitter.js
similarity index 50%
rename from Libraries/Core/RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter.js
rename to Libraries/Core/RawEventEmitter.js
index be1f134eb66..cd330469cd7 100644
--- a/Libraries/Core/RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter.js
+++ b/Libraries/Core/RawEventEmitter.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import EventEmitter from '../vendor/emitter/EventEmitter';
 import type {IEventEmitter} from '../vendor/emitter/EventEmitter';
 
-export type RawEventTelemetryEvent = $ReadOnly<{|
+export type RawEventEmitterEvent = $ReadOnly<{|
   eventName: string,
   // We expect, but do not/cannot require, that nativeEvent is an object
   // with the properties: key, elementType (string), type (string), tag (numeric),
@@ -20,10 +20,19 @@ export type RawEventTelemetryEvent = $ReadOnly<{|
 |}>;
 
 type RawEventDefinitions = {
-  [eventChannel: string]: [RawEventTelemetryEvent],
+  [eventChannel: string]: [RawEventEmitterEvent],
 };
 
-const RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter: IEventEmitter<RawEventDefinitions> =
+const RawEventEmitter: IEventEmitter<RawEventDefinitions> =
   new EventEmitter<RawEventDefinitions>();
 
-export default RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter;
+// See the React renderer / react repo for how this is used.
+// Raw events are emitted here when they are received in JS
+// and before any event Plugins process them or before components
+// have a chance to respond to them. This allows you to implement
+// app-specific perf monitoring, which is unimplemented by default,
+// making this entire RawEventEmitter do nothing by default until
+// *you* add listeners for your own app.
+// Besides perf monitoring and maybe debugging, this RawEventEmitter
+// should not be used.
+export default RawEventEmitter;
diff --git a/Libraries/ReactPrivate/ReactNativePrivateInterface.js b/Libraries/ReactPrivate/ReactNativePrivateInterface.js
index b4c8237fa65..d671212dca5 100644
--- a/Libraries/ReactPrivate/ReactNativePrivateInterface.js
+++ b/Libraries/ReactPrivate/ReactNativePrivateInterface.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import typeof flattenStyle from '../StyleSheet/flattenStyle';
 import {type DangerouslyImpreciseStyleProp} from '../StyleSheet/StyleSheet';
 import typeof ReactFiberErrorDialog from '../Core/ReactFiberErrorDialog';
 import typeof legacySendAccessibilityEvent from '../Components/AccessibilityInfo/legacySendAccessibilityEvent';
-import typeof RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter from '../Core/RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter';
+import typeof RawEventEmitter from '../Core/RawEventEmitter';
 
 // flowlint unsafe-getters-setters:off
 module.exports = {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module.exports = {
   get legacySendAccessibilityEvent(): legacySendAccessibilityEvent {
     return require('../Components/AccessibilityInfo/legacySendAccessibilityEvent');
   },
-  get RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter(): RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter {
-    return require('../Core/RawEventTelemetryEventEmitter').default;
+  get RawEventEmitter(): RawEventEmitter {
+    return require('../Core/RawEventEmitter').default;
   },
 };