diff --git a/pkg/api/annotations.go b/pkg/api/annotations.go
index eec07bb9f81..242b5531f51 100644
--- a/pkg/api/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/api/annotations.go
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ import (
 func GetAnnotations(c *m.ReqContext) Response {
 
 	query := &annotations.ItemQuery{
-		From:         c.QueryInt64("from"),
-		To:           c.QueryInt64("to"),
-		OrgId:        c.OrgId,
-		UserId:       c.QueryInt64("userId"),
-		AlertId:      c.QueryInt64("alertId"),
-		DashboardId:  c.QueryInt64("dashboardId"),
-		PanelId:      c.QueryInt64("panelId"),
-		Limit:        c.QueryInt64("limit"),
-		Tags:         c.QueryStrings("tags"),
-		Type:         c.Query("type"),
-		PartialMatch: c.QueryBool("partialMatch"),
+		From:        c.QueryInt64("from"),
+		To:          c.QueryInt64("to"),
+		OrgId:       c.OrgId,
+		UserId:      c.QueryInt64("userId"),
+		AlertId:     c.QueryInt64("alertId"),
+		DashboardId: c.QueryInt64("dashboardId"),
+		PanelId:     c.QueryInt64("panelId"),
+		Limit:       c.QueryInt64("limit"),
+		Tags:        c.QueryStrings("tags"),
+		Type:        c.Query("type"),
+		MatchAny:    c.QueryBool("matchAny"),
 	}
 
 	repo := annotations.GetRepository()
diff --git a/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go b/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
index daea43863f4..60a92aa897a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type ItemQuery struct {
 	RegionId     int64    `json:"regionId"`
 	Tags         []string `json:"tags"`
 	Type         string   `json:"type"`
-	PartialMatch bool     `json:"partialMatch"`
+	MatchAny     bool     `json:"matchAny"`
 
 	Limit int64 `json:"limit"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
index 6e25ce432f3..ceafaaad0e3 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (r *SqlAnnotationRepo) Find(query *annotations.ItemQuery) ([]*annotations.I
             )
       `, strings.Join(keyValueFilters, " OR "))
 
-			if query.PartialMatch {
+			if query.MatchAny {
 				sql.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" AND (%s) > 0 ", tagsSubQuery))
 			} else {
 				sql.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" AND (%s) = %d ", tagsSubQuery, len(tags)))
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go
index 4c31e0442c8..d3459527e7d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ func TestAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 
 			Convey("Should find two annotations using partial match", func() {
 				items, err := repo.Find(&annotations.ItemQuery{
-					OrgId:        1,
-					From:         1,
-					To:           25,
-					PartialMatch: true,
-					Tags:         []string{"rollback", "deploy"},
+					OrgId:    1,
+					From:     1,
+					To:       25,
+					MatchAny: true,
+					Tags:     []string{"rollback", "deploy"},
 				})
 
 				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/datasource.ts
index 4ddfa8df40d..3bf772d160c 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/datasource.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class GrafanaDatasource {
       to: options.range.to.valueOf(),
       limit: options.annotation.limit,
       tags: options.annotation.tags,
-      partialMatch: options.annotation.partialMatch,
+      matchAny: options.annotation.matchAny,
     };
 
     if (options.annotation.type === 'dashboard') {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/partials/annotations.editor.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/partials/annotations.editor.html
index ba68a08cefd..e5a67d6a7dc 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/partials/annotations.editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/partials/annotations.editor.html
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 	</div>
 	<div class="gf-form-inline">
 		<div class="gf-form" ng-if="ctrl.annotation.type === 'tags'">
-			<gf-form-switch 
-				class="gf-form" 
-				label="Partial match" 
-				label-class="width-9" 
-				checked="ctrl.annotation.partialMatch" 
+			<gf-form-switch
+				class="gf-form"
+				label="Match any"
+				label-class="width-9"
+				checked="ctrl.annotation.matchAny"
 				on-change="ctrl.refresh()"
 				tooltip="By default Grafana will only show annotation that matches all tags in the query. Enabling this will make Grafana return any annotation with the tags you specify."></gf-form-switch>
 		</div>