diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts
index b6ba792e67..94f6fad692 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ export class GithubApi implements ICredentialType {
 	displayName = 'Github API';
 	properties = [
 		{
-			displayName: 'URL',
-			name: 'url',
+			displayName: 'Github Server',
+			name: 'server',
 			type: 'string' as NodePropertyTypes,
 			default: 'https://api.github.com',
+			description: 'The server to connect to. Does only have to get changed if Github Enterprise gets used.',
 		},
 		{
 			displayName: 'User',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts
index 9f1856b2ed..0e20be93f7 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function githubApiRequest(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions,
 	if (credentials === undefined) {
 		throw new Error('No credentials got returned!');
 	}
-	const baseUrl = credentials!.url || 'https://api.github.com';
+	const baseUrl = credentials!.server || 'https://api.github.com';
 
 	const options = {
 		method,