diff --git a/config_full.json.example b/config_full.json.example
index ebf76eaee..5789e49ac 100644
--- a/config_full.json.example
+++ b/config_full.json.example
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     "forcebuy_enable": false,
     "internals": {
         "process_throttle_secs": 5,
-        "keep_alive_interval": 60
+        "heartbeat_interval": 60
     },
     "strategy": "DefaultStrategy",
     "strategy_path": "user_data/strategies/"
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index c6a12d865..e3d16c57b 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Mandatory parameters are marked as **Required**, which means that they are requi
 | `strategy` | DefaultStrategy | Defines Strategy class to use.
 | `strategy_path` | null | Adds an additional strategy lookup path (must be a directory).
 | `internals.process_throttle_secs` | 5 | **Required.** Set the process throttle. Value in second.
-| `internals.keep_alive_interval` | 60 | Print keepalive message every X seconds. Set to 0 to disable keepalive messages.
+| `internals.heartbeat_interval` | 60 | Print heartbeat message every X seconds. Set to 0 to disable heartbeat messages.
 | `internals.sd_notify` | false | Enables use of the sd_notify protocol to tell systemd service manager about changes in the bot state and issue keep-alive pings. See [here](installation.md#7-optional-configure-freqtrade-as-a-systemd-service) for more details.
 | `logfile` | | Specify Logfile. Uses a rolling strategy of 10 files, with 1Mb per file.
 | `user_data_dir` | cwd()/user_data | Directory containing user data. Defaults to `./user_data/`.
diff --git a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
index 6c79d04de..9bc4fb04d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
@@ -6,26 +6,27 @@ import logging
 import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
 from math import isclose
+from os import getpid
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import arrow
 from requests.exceptions import RequestException
 
-from freqtrade import (DependencyException, InvalidOrderException,
-                       __version__, constants, persistence)
+from freqtrade import (DependencyException, InvalidOrderException, __version__,
+                       constants, persistence)
+from freqtrade.configuration import validate_config_consistency
 from freqtrade.data.converter import order_book_to_dataframe
 from freqtrade.data.dataprovider import DataProvider
 from freqtrade.edge import Edge
-from freqtrade.configuration import validate_config_consistency
 from freqtrade.exchange import timeframe_to_minutes, timeframe_to_next_date
 from freqtrade.persistence import Trade
+from freqtrade.resolvers import (ExchangeResolver, PairListResolver,
+                                 StrategyResolver)
 from freqtrade.rpc import RPCManager, RPCMessageType
-from freqtrade.resolvers import ExchangeResolver, StrategyResolver, PairListResolver
 from freqtrade.state import State
-from freqtrade.strategy.interface import SellType, IStrategy
+from freqtrade.strategy.interface import IStrategy, SellType
 from freqtrade.wallets import Wallets
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ class FreqtradeBot:
         # Init objects
         self.config = config
 
-        self._last_alive_msg = 0
+        self._heartbeat_msg = 0
 
-        self.keep_alive_interval = self.config.get('internals', {}).get('keep_alive_interval', 60)
+        self.hearbeat_interval = self.config.get('internals', {}).get('heartbeat_interval', 60)
 
         self.strategy: IStrategy = StrategyResolver(self.config).strategy
 
@@ -154,10 +155,10 @@ class FreqtradeBot:
             self.check_handle_timedout()
             Trade.session.flush()
 
-        if (self.keep_alive_interval
-           and (arrow.utcnow().timestamp - self._last_alive_msg > self.keep_alive_interval)):
-            logger.info("I am alive.")
-            self._last_alive_msg = arrow.utcnow().timestamp
+        if (self.hearbeat_interval
+            and (arrow.utcnow().timestamp - self._heartbeat_msg > self.hearbeat_interval)):
+            logger.info(f"Freqtrade heartbeat. PID={getpid()}")
+            self._heartbeat_msg = arrow.utcnow().timestamp
 
     def _extend_whitelist_with_trades(self, whitelist: List[str], trades: List[Any]):
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_freqtradebot.py b/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
index b29bd0843..cf67e644f 100644
--- a/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
+++ b/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
@@ -3656,19 +3656,19 @@ def test_process_i_am_alive(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.exchange_has', MagicMock(return_value=True))
 
     ftbot = get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, default_conf)
-    message = "I am alive."
+    message = r"Freqtrade heartbeat. PID=.*"
     ftbot.process()
-    assert log_has(message, caplog)
-    assert ftbot._last_alive_msg != 0
+    assert log_has_re(message, caplog)
+    assert ftbot._heartbeat_msg != 0
 
     caplog.clear()
     # Message is not shown before interval is up
     ftbot.process()
-    assert not log_has(message, caplog)
+    assert not log_has_re(message, caplog)
 
     caplog.clear()
     # Set clock - 70 seconds
-    ftbot._last_alive_msg -= 70
+    ftbot._heartbeat_msg -= 70
 
     ftbot.process()
-    assert log_has(message, caplog)
+    assert log_has_re(message, caplog)