diff --git a/pkg/kgo/client.go b/pkg/kgo/client.go
index 304529c4..f584f39b 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/client.go
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ func (cl *Client) OptValues(opt any) []any {
 		return []any{cfg.maxConcurrentFetches}
 	case namefn(Rack):
 		return []any{cfg.rack}
+	case namefn(KeepRetryableFetchErrors):
+		return []any{cfg.keepRetryableFetchErrors}
 
 	case namefn(AdjustFetchOffsetsFn):
 		return []any{cfg.adjustOffsetsBeforeAssign}
diff --git a/pkg/kgo/config.go b/pkg/kgo/config.go
index c83ea357..011d347a 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/config.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ type cfg struct {
 
 	maxConcurrentFetches     int
 	disableFetchSessions     bool
-	keepFetchRetryableErrors bool
+	keepRetryableFetchErrors bool
 
 	topics     map[string]*regexp.Regexp   // topics to consume; if regex is true, values are compiled regular expressions
 	partitions map[string]map[int32]Offset // partitions to directly consume from
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ func ConsumePreferringLagFn(fn PreferLagFn) ConsumerOpt {
 	return consumerOpt{func(cfg *cfg) { cfg.preferLagFn = fn }}
 }
 
-// KeepFetchRetryableErrors switches the client to always return any retryable
+// KeepRetryableFetchErrors switches the client to always return any retryable
 // broker error when fetching, rather than stripping them. By default, the
 // client strips retryable errors from fetch responses; these are usually
 // signals that a client needs to update its metadata to learn of where a
@@ -1359,10 +1359,8 @@ func ConsumePreferringLagFn(fn PreferLagFn) ConsumerOpt {
 // events. For example, if you want to react to you yourself deleting a topic,
 // you can watch for either UNKNOWN_TOPIC_OR_PARTITION or UNKNOWN_TOPIC_ID
 // errors being returned in fetches (and ignore the other errors).
-//
-// TODO not exported / usable yet
-func keepFetchRetryableErrors() ConsumerOpt {
-	return consumerOpt{func(cfg *cfg) { cfg.keepFetchRetryableErrors = true }}
+func KeepRetryableFetchErrors() ConsumerOpt {
+	return consumerOpt{func(cfg *cfg) { cfg.keepRetryableFetchErrors = true }}
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/pkg/kgo/consumer_direct_test.go b/pkg/kgo/consumer_direct_test.go
index 2940b1a1..5301dc1b 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/consumer_direct_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/consumer_direct_test.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func TestIssue434(t *testing.T) {
 		ConsumeTopics(fmt.Sprintf("(%s|%s)", t1, t2)),
 		ConsumeRegex(),
 		FetchMaxWait(100*time.Millisecond),
-		keepFetchRetryableErrors(),
+		KeepRetryableFetchErrors(),
 	)
 	defer cl.Close()
 
diff --git a/pkg/kgo/source.go b/pkg/kgo/source.go
index 12037be2..3b6f8fd3 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/source.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/source.go
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ func (s *source) handleReqResp(br *broker, req *fetchRequest, resp *kmsg.FetchRe
 			var keep bool
 			switch fp.Err {
 			default:
-				if kerr.IsRetriable(fp.Err) && !s.cl.cfg.keepFetchRetryableErrors {
+				if kerr.IsRetriable(fp.Err) && !s.cl.cfg.keepRetryableFetchErrors {
 					// UnknownLeaderEpoch: our meta is newer than the broker we fetched from
 					// OffsetNotAvailable: fetched from out of sync replica or a behind in-sync one (KIP-392 case 1 and case 2)
 					// UnknownTopicID: kafka has not synced the state on all brokers
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ func (s *source) handleReqResp(br *broker, req *fetchRequest, resp *kmsg.FetchRe
 				if fails := partOffset.from.unknownIDFails.Add(1); fails > 5 {
 					partOffset.from.unknownIDFails.Add(-1)
 					keep = true
-				} else if s.cl.cfg.keepFetchRetryableErrors {
+				} else if s.cl.cfg.keepRetryableFetchErrors {
 					keep = true
 				} else {
 					numErrsStripped++