diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
index 320b782992..68581a21cc 100644
--- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
@@ -399,12 +399,12 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><varname>_SYSTEM_CONTEXT=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>_RUNTIME_SCOPE=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>A string field that specifies the context in which the message was logged. If
-        <literal>initrd</literal>, the log message was processed while systemd-journald
-        was running inside the initrd. If <literal>main</literal>, the log message was generated after
-        journald switched root to the root filesystem.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>A string field that specifies the runtime scope in which the message was logged. If
+        <literal>initrd</literal>, the log message was processed while the system was running inside the
+        initial RAM disk (initrd). If <literal>system</literal>, the log message was generated after the
+        system switched execution to the host root filesystem.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
   </refsect1>
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index 49cede6892..3992d15664 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -1035,11 +1035,7 @@ static void dispatch_message_real(
         if (!isempty(s->namespace_field))
                 iovec[n++] = IOVEC_MAKE_STRING(s->namespace_field);
 
-        if (in_initrd())
-                iovec[n++] = IOVEC_MAKE_STRING("_SYSTEM_CONTEXT=initrd");
-        else
-                iovec[n++] = IOVEC_MAKE_STRING("_SYSTEM_CONTEXT=main");
-
+        iovec[n++] = in_initrd() ? IOVEC_MAKE_STRING("_RUNTIME_SCOPE=initrd") : IOVEC_MAKE_STRING("_RUNTIME_SCOPE=system");
         assert(n <= m);
 
         if (s->split_mode == SPLIT_UID && c && uid_is_valid(c->uid))