diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
index 6f83e48f8a1..e1f2f17fd29 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ public static final class PickResult {
     private final Status status;
     // True if the result is created by withDrop()
     private final boolean drop;
-    @Nullable private final String authorityOverrideHostname;
+    @Nullable private final String authorityOverride;
 
     private PickResult(
         @Nullable Subchannel subchannel, @Nullable ClientStreamTracer.Factory streamTracerFactory,
@@ -561,17 +561,17 @@ private PickResult(
       this.streamTracerFactory = streamTracerFactory;
       this.status = checkNotNull(status, "status");
       this.drop = drop;
-      this.authorityOverrideHostname = null;
+      this.authorityOverride = null;
     }
 
     private PickResult(
         @Nullable Subchannel subchannel, @Nullable ClientStreamTracer.Factory streamTracerFactory,
-        Status status, boolean drop, @Nullable String authorityOverrideHostname) {
+        Status status, boolean drop, @Nullable String authorityOverride) {
       this.subchannel = subchannel;
       this.streamTracerFactory = streamTracerFactory;
       this.status = checkNotNull(status, "status");
       this.drop = drop;
-      this.authorityOverrideHostname = authorityOverrideHostname;
+      this.authorityOverride = authorityOverride;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -655,12 +655,13 @@ public static PickResult withSubchannel(
      * Same as {@code withSubchannel(subchannel, streamTracerFactory)} but with an authority name
      * to override in the host header.
      */
+    @ExperimentalApi("https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/11656")
     public static PickResult withSubchannel(
         Subchannel subchannel, @Nullable ClientStreamTracer.Factory streamTracerFactory,
-        @Nullable String authorityOverrideHostname) {
+        @Nullable String authorityOverride) {
       return new PickResult(
           checkNotNull(subchannel, "subchannel"), streamTracerFactory, Status.OK,
-          false, authorityOverrideHostname);
+          false, authorityOverride);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -706,10 +707,11 @@ public static PickResult withNoResult() {
       return NO_RESULT;
     }
 
-    /** Returns the authority override hostname if any. */
+    /** Returns the authority override if any. */
+    @ExperimentalApi("https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/11656")
     @Nullable
-    public String getAuthorityOverrideHostname() {
-      return authorityOverrideHostname;
+    public String getAuthorityOverride() {
+      return authorityOverride;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -766,7 +768,7 @@ public String toString() {
           .add("streamTracerFactory", streamTracerFactory)
           .add("status", status)
           .add("drop", drop)
-          .add("authority-override", authorityOverrideHostname)
+          .add("authority-override", authorityOverride)
           .toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/DelayedClientTransport.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/DelayedClientTransport.java
index f5f213ddb13..ae173f4ac26 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/DelayedClientTransport.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/DelayedClientTransport.java
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ public final ClientStream newStream(
           callOptions = args.getCallOptions();
           // User code provided authority takes precedence over the LB provided one.
           if (callOptions.getAuthority() == null
-              && pickResult.getAuthorityOverrideHostname() != null) {
-            callOptions = callOptions.withAuthority(pickResult.getAuthorityOverrideHostname());
+              && pickResult.getAuthorityOverride() != null) {
+            callOptions = callOptions.withAuthority(pickResult.getAuthorityOverride());
           }
           ClientTransport transport = GrpcUtil.getTransportFromPickResult(pickResult,
               callOptions.isWaitForReady());
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ final void reprocess(@Nullable SubchannelPicker picker) {
       PickResult pickResult = picker.pickSubchannel(stream.args);
       CallOptions callOptions = stream.args.getCallOptions();
       // User code provided authority takes precedence over the LB provided one.
-      if (callOptions.getAuthority() == null && pickResult.getAuthorityOverrideHostname() != null) {
-        stream.setAuthority(pickResult.getAuthorityOverrideHostname());
+      if (callOptions.getAuthority() == null && pickResult.getAuthorityOverride() != null) {
+        stream.setAuthority(pickResult.getAuthorityOverride());
       }
       final ClientTransport transport = GrpcUtil.getTransportFromPickResult(pickResult,
           callOptions.isWaitForReady());
diff --git a/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/ClusterImplLoadBalancerTest.java b/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/ClusterImplLoadBalancerTest.java
index 83c88e5715f..0d18af0b04a 100644
--- a/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/ClusterImplLoadBalancerTest.java
+++ b/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/ClusterImplLoadBalancerTest.java
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ public void endpointAddressesAttachedWithClusterName() {
           TestMethodDescriptors.voidMethod(), new Metadata(),
           CallOptions.DEFAULT.withOption(AUTO_HOST_REWRITE_KEY, true), detailsConsumer);
       PickResult result = currentPicker.pickSubchannel(pickSubchannelArgs);
-      assertThat(result.getAuthorityOverrideHostname()).isEqualTo("authority-host-name");
+      assertThat(result.getAuthorityOverride()).isEqualTo("authority-host-name");
     } finally {
       System.clearProperty("GRPC_EXPERIMENTAL_XDS_AUTHORITY_REWRITE");
     }
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ public void endpointAddressesAttachedWithClusterName() {
     pickSubchannelArgs = new PickSubchannelArgsImpl(
         TestMethodDescriptors.voidMethod(), new Metadata(), CallOptions.DEFAULT, detailsConsumer);
     PickResult result = currentPicker.pickSubchannel(pickSubchannelArgs);
-    assertThat(result.getAuthorityOverrideHostname()).isNull();
+    assertThat(result.getAuthorityOverride()).isNull();
   }
 
   @Test