diff --git a/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go b/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go
index 6733ed3df0..0d74e0e72f 100644
--- a/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go
+++ b/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ var Gauges = []prometheus.GaugeDefinition{
 		Help: "Measures the current number of server agents registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.6.",
 	},
 	{
-		Name: []string{"consul", "kv", "entries"},
-		Help: "Measures the current number of server agents registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.3.",
+		Name: []string{"consul", "state", "kv_entries"},
+		Help: "Measures the current number of entries in the Consul KV store. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.3.",
 	},
 	{
 		Name: []string{"consul", "state", "connect_instances"},
diff --git a/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx b/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
index 0435a42c84..01adb30a11 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ This is a full list of metrics emitted by Consul.
 | `consul.state.nodes`                                     | Measures the current number of nodes registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.0.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.state.services`                                  | Measures the current number of unique services registered with Consul, based on service name. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.0.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.state.service_instances`                         | Measures the current number of unique service instances registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.0.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | number of objects    | gauge   |
-| `consul.state.kv_entries`                                | Measures the current number of unique KV entries written in Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | number of objects    | gauge   |
+| `consul.state.kv_entries`                                | Measures the current number of entries in the Consul KV store. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.state.connect_instances`                         | Measures the current number of unique connect service instances registered with Consul labeled by Kind (e.g. connect-proxy, connect-native, etc). Added in v1.10.4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.state.config_entries`                            | Measures the current number of configuration entries registered with Consul labeled by Kind (e.g. service-defaults, proxy-defaults, etc). See [Configuration Entries](/docs/connect/config-entries) for more information. Added in v1.10.4                                                                                                                                                                          | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.members.clients`                                 | Measures the current number of client agents registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.6.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | number of clients    | gauge   |