diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
index 8a0f838a..e92e9bbe 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-openfeign.adoc
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public class FooConfiguration {
 }
 ----
 
-The circuit breaker name follows this pattern `<feignClientName>_<calledMethod>`. When calling a `@FeignClient` with name `foo` and the called interface method is `bar` then the circuit breaker name will be `foo_bar`.
+The circuit breaker name follows this pattern `<feignClientName>#<calledMethod>`. When calling a `@FeignClient` with name `foo` and the called interface method is `bar` then the circuit breaker name will be `foo_bar`.
 
 [[spring-cloud-feign-circuitbreaker-fallback]]
 === Feign Spring Cloud CircuitBreaker Fallbacks
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreaker.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreaker.java
index 13688cb6..5edf6e6f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreaker.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreaker.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public final class FeignCircuitBreaker {
 
 		public Feign build(final FallbackFactory<?> nullableFallbackFactory) {
 			super.invocationHandlerFactory((target, dispatch) -> new FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler(
-					circuitBreakerFactory, feignClientName, target, dispatch, nullableFallbackFactory));
+					circuitBreakerFactory, target, dispatch, nullableFallbackFactory));
 			return super.build();
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler.java
index d9911a9d..476ac033 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import feign.Feign;
 import feign.InvocationHandlerFactory;
 import feign.Target;
 
@@ -36,8 +37,6 @@ class FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
 
 	private final CircuitBreakerFactory factory;
 
-	private final String feignClientName;
-
 	private final Target<?> target;
 
 	private final Map<Method, InvocationHandlerFactory.MethodHandler> dispatch;
@@ -46,10 +45,9 @@ class FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
 
 	private final Map<Method, Method> fallbackMethodMap;
 
-	FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler(CircuitBreakerFactory factory, String feignClientName, Target<?> target,
+	FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler(CircuitBreakerFactory factory, Target<?> target,
 			Map<Method, InvocationHandlerFactory.MethodHandler> dispatch, FallbackFactory<?> nullableFallbackFactory) {
 		this.factory = factory;
-		this.feignClientName = feignClientName;
 		this.target = checkNotNull(target, "target");
 		this.dispatch = checkNotNull(dispatch, "dispatch");
 		this.fallbackMethodMap = toFallbackMethod(dispatch);
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ class FeignCircuitBreakerInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
 		else if ("toString".equals(method.getName())) {
 			return toString();
 		}
-		String circuitName = this.feignClientName + "_" + method.getName();
+		String circuitName = Feign.configKey(target.type(), method);
 		CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker = this.factory.create(circuitName);
 		Supplier<Object> supplier = asSupplier(method, args);
 		if (this.nullableFallbackFactory != null) {