diff --git a/.chloggen/drosiek-mysql-feature-gate.yaml b/.chloggen/drosiek-mysql-feature-gate.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ace1f7fc4d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/drosiek-mysql-feature-gate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: mysqlreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: rename mysql.commands metric to mysql.prepared_statements
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [14138]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: Disable the `receiver.mysqlreceiver.renameCommands` feature gate to temporarily revert this change.
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go
index e0b9767aaf4b..9b5b64896a5c 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const (
 func init() {
 	featuregate.GetRegistry().MustRegisterID(
 		RenameCommands,
-		featuregate.StageAlpha,
+		featuregate.StageBeta,
 		featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled, the mysql.commands will be deprecated and additionally emitted as optional mysql.prepared_statements metric"),
 	)
 }
@@ -68,13 +68,12 @@ func newMySQLScraper(
 	}
 
 	if !ms.renameCommands {
-		settings.Logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("[WARNING] Metric `mysql.commands` will be deprecated and duplicated as `mysql.prepared_statements` in %s. Metric `mysql.commands` will be removed and `mysql.prepared_statements` will be a default metric in %s. Enable a feature gate `%s` to apply and test the upcoming changes earlier", deprecationVersion, renameVersion, RenameCommands))
+		settings.Logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("[WARNING] Metric `mysql.commands` is deprecated and duplicated as `mysql.prepared_statements`. Metric `mysql.commands` will be removed and `mysql.prepared_statements` will be a default metric in %s. Disable a feature gate `%s` to keep previous behavior", renameVersion, RenameCommands))
 		ms.config.Metrics.MysqlPreparedStatements.Enabled = false
 	} else {
-		ms.mb.DeprecateMetrics()
-
 		if ms.config.Metrics.MysqlCommands.Enabled {
-			settings.Logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("[WARNING] Metric `mysql.commands` will be deprecated in %s and removed in %s. Please use `mysql.prepared_statements` instead", deprecationVersion, renameVersion))
+			ms.mb.DeprecateMetrics()
+			settings.Logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("[WARNING] Metric `mysql.commands` is deprecated and will be removed in %s. Please use `mysql.prepared_statements` instead", renameVersion))
 		}
 
 		if !ms.config.Metrics.MysqlPreparedStatements.Enabled {