diff --git a/common/djangoapps/xmodule_modifiers.py b/common/djangoapps/xmodule_modifiers.py
index 2c34994c453b1d956f8488821e2cd38788e9ca4b..654482fab6d30edae72ffce5d5a8718e48c7fb9e 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/xmodule_modifiers.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/xmodule_modifiers.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def grade_histogram(module_id):
     return grades
 
 
-def add_histogram(user, block, view, frag, context):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+def add_staff_debug_info(user, block, view, frag, context):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     """
     Updates the supplied module with a new get_html function that wraps
     the output of the old get_html function with additional information
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
index 952d3734df43517f01f78745be91c62dc611dce5..cb2036a04c8036ff5e891b87c52a9dcc3a196c5f 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from xmodule.modulestore import Location
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 from xmodule.modulestore.exceptions import ItemNotFoundError
 from xmodule.util.duedate import get_extended_due_date
-from xmodule_modifiers import replace_course_urls, replace_jump_to_id_urls, replace_static_urls, add_histogram, wrap_xblock
+from xmodule_modifiers import replace_course_urls, replace_jump_to_id_urls, replace_static_urls, add_staff_debug_info, wrap_xblock
 from xmodule.lti_module import LTIModule
 from xmodule.x_module import XModuleDescriptor
 
@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ def get_module_for_descriptor_internal(user, descriptor, field_data_cache, cours
         reverse('jump_to_id', kwargs={'course_id': course_id, 'module_id': ''}),
     ))
 
-    if settings.FEATURES.get('DISPLAY_HISTOGRAMS_TO_STAFF'):
+    if settings.FEATURES.get('DISPLAY_DEBUG_INFO_TO_STAFF'):
         if has_access(user, descriptor, 'staff', course_id):
-            block_wrappers.append(partial(add_histogram, user))
+            block_wrappers.append(partial(add_staff_debug_info, user))
 
     # These modules store data using the anonymous_student_id as a key.
     # To prevent loss of data, we will continue to provide old modules with
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_module_render.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_module_render.py
index 3bdc3b104978d1acee97757aae415b850d64415d..0f942b4d3fab8c91ad3912a4e2a006dbc9995821 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_module_render.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_module_render.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
+from capa.tests.response_xml_factory import OptionResponseXMLFactory
 from xblock.field_data import FieldData
 from xblock.runtime import Runtime
 from xblock.fields import ScopeIds
@@ -21,14 +22,14 @@ from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import ItemFactory, CourseFactory
 from xmodule.x_module import XModuleDescriptor
-import courseware.module_render as render
-from courseware.tests.tests import LoginEnrollmentTestCase
-from courseware.tests.modulestore_config import TEST_DATA_MIXED_MODULESTORE
-from courseware.model_data import FieldDataCache
 
+from courseware import module_render as render
 from courseware.courses import get_course_with_access, course_image_url, get_course_info_section
+from courseware.model_data import FieldDataCache
+from courseware.tests.factories import StudentModuleFactory, UserFactory
+from courseware.tests.tests import LoginEnrollmentTestCase
+from courseware.tests.modulestore_config import TEST_DATA_MIXED_MODULESTORE
 
-from .factories import UserFactory
 from lms.lib.xblock.runtime import quote_slashes
 
 
@@ -506,8 +507,42 @@ class TestHtmlModifiers(ModuleStoreTestCase):
             result_fragment.content
         )
 
-    @patch('courseware.module_render.has_access', Mock(return_value=True))
-    def test_histogram(self):
+
+@override_settings(MODULESTORE=TEST_DATA_MIXED_MODULESTORE)
+@patch.dict('django.conf.settings.FEATURES', {'DISPLAY_DEBUG_INFO_TO_STAFF': True, 'DISPLAY_HISTOGRAMS_TO_STAFF': True})
+@patch('courseware.module_render.has_access', Mock(return_value=True))
+class TestStaffDebugInfo(ModuleStoreTestCase):
+    """Tests to verify that Staff Debug Info panel and histograms are displayed to staff."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = UserFactory.create()
+        self.request = RequestFactory().get('/')
+        self.request.user = self.user
+        self.request.session = {}
+        self.course = CourseFactory.create()
+
+        problem_xml = OptionResponseXMLFactory().build_xml(
+            question_text='The correct answer is Correct',
+            num_inputs=2,
+            weight=2,
+            options=['Correct', 'Incorrect'],
+            correct_option='Correct'
+        )
+        self.descriptor = ItemFactory.create(
+            category='problem',
+            data=problem_xml,
+            display_name='Option Response Problem'
+        )
+
+        self.location = self.descriptor.location
+        self.field_data_cache = FieldDataCache.cache_for_descriptor_descendents(
+            self.course.id,
+            self.user,
+            self.descriptor
+        )
+
+    @patch.dict('django.conf.settings.FEATURES', {'DISPLAY_DEBUG_INFO_TO_STAFF': False})
+    def test_staff_debug_info_disabled(self):
         module = render.get_module(
             self.user,
             self.request,
@@ -516,11 +551,19 @@ class TestHtmlModifiers(ModuleStoreTestCase):
             self.course.id,
         )
         result_fragment = module.render('student_view')
+        self.assertNotIn('Staff Debug', result_fragment.content)
 
-        self.assertIn(
-            'Staff Debug',
-            result_fragment.content
+    def test_staff_debug_info_enabled(self):
+        module = render.get_module(
+            self.user,
+            self.request,
+            self.location,
+            self.field_data_cache,
+            self.course.id,
         )
+        result_fragment = module.render('student_view')
+        self.assertIn('Staff Debug', result_fragment.content)
+
 
 PER_COURSE_ANONYMIZED_DESCRIPTORS = (LTIDescriptor, )
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 0e2ab8bf345659dd38c984044e7e6697b5675db5..d3724c68b2b904e795c181b9d2a15004cb2ba5f3 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ DISCUSSION_SETTINGS = {
 FEATURES = {
     'SAMPLE': False,
     'USE_DJANGO_PIPELINE': True,
-    'DISPLAY_HISTOGRAMS_TO_STAFF': True,
+
+    'DISPLAY_DEBUG_INFO_TO_STAFF': True,
+
     'REROUTE_ACTIVATION_EMAIL': False,  # nonempty string = address for all activation emails
     'DEBUG_LEVEL': 0,  # 0 = lowest level, least verbose, 255 = max level, most verbose