diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
index f03ad15e5a5..71195887a38 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ npm install --save @opentelemetry/exporter-collector
 ```
 
 ## Usage in Web
+The CollectorExporter in Web expects the endpoint to end in `/v1/trace`. 
 ```js
 import { SimpleSpanProcessor } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
 import { WebTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/web';
@@ -32,13 +33,14 @@ provider.register();
 ```
 
 ## Usage in Node
+The CollectorExporter in Node expects the URL to only be the endpoint. It will not work with `/v1/trace`.
 ```js
 const { BasicTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { CollectorExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-collector');
 
 const collectorOptions = {
   serviceName: 'basic-service',
-  url: '<opentelemetry-collector-url>' // url is optional and can be omitted - default is http://localhost:55678
+  url: '<opentelemetry-collector-url>' // url is optional and can be omitted - default is localhost:55678
 };
 
 const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ const { CollectorExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-collector');
 
 const collectorOptions = {
   serviceName: 'basic-service',
-  url: '<opentelemetry-collector-url>', // url is optional and can be omitted - default is http://localhost:55678/v1/trace
+  url: '<opentelemetry-collector-url>', // url is optional and can be omitted - default is localhost:55678
   credentials: grpc.credentials.createSsl(
     fs.readFileSync('./ca.crt'),
     fs.readFileSync('./client.key'),
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts
index 096a5d3b305..8dff3e58e16 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterBase<
    */
   constructor(config: T = {} as T) {
     this.serviceName = config.serviceName || DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME;
-    this.url = this.defaultURL(config.url);
+    this.url = this.setDefaultUrl(config.url);
     if (typeof config.hostName === 'string') {
       this.hostName = config.hostName;
     }
@@ -134,5 +134,5 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterBase<
     onSuccess: () => void,
     onError: (error: CollectorExporterError) => void
   ): void;
-  abstract defaultURL(url: string | undefined): string;
+  abstract setDefaultUrl(url: string | undefined): string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts
index e854d358c11..ec2cd5437ff 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class CollectorExporter extends CollectorExporterBase<
     window.removeEventListener('unload', this.shutdown);
   }
 
-  defaultURL(url: string | undefined) {
+  setDefaultUrl(url: string | undefined) {
     return url || DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts
index 1207ae2fccb..cb918e6e68c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { toCollectorExportTraceServiceRequest } from '../../transform';
 import { GRPCQueueItem, TraceServiceClient } from './types';
 import { removeProtocol } from './util';
 
-const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'http://localhost:55678';
+const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'localhost:55678';
 
 /**
  * Collector Exporter Config for Node
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class CollectorExporter extends CollectorExporterBase<
     }
   }
 
-  defaultURL(url: string | undefined): string {
+  setDefaultUrl(url: string | undefined): string {
     return url || DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/CollectorExporter.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/CollectorExporter.test.ts
index 0a0e9efe935..d14077d7ba5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/CollectorExporter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/CollectorExporter.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class CollectorExporter extends CollectorExporterBase<CollectorExporterConfig> {
   onInit() {}
   onShutdown() {}
   sendSpans() {}
-  defaultURL(url: string | undefined) {
+  setDefaultUrl(url: string | undefined) {
     return url || '';
   }
 }