diff --git a/cmd/metrics-v2.go b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
index d2e16e63b..ceedb2598 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-v2.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ func getClusterObjectVersionsMD() MetricDescription {
 		Namespace: clusterMetricNamespace,
 		Subsystem: objectsSubsystem,
 		Name:      versionDistribution,
-		Help:      "Distribution of object sizes across a cluster",
+		Help:      "Distribution of object versions across a cluster",
 		Type:      histogramMetric,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/docs/metrics/prometheus/list.md b/docs/metrics/prometheus/list.md
index c1267cb04..387b7c0a6 100644
--- a/docs/metrics/prometheus/list.md
+++ b/docs/metrics/prometheus/list.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ For deployments behind a load balancer, use the load balancer hostname instead o
 | `minio_cluster_capacity_usable_free_bytes`    | Total free usable capacity online in the cluster.                                                               |
 | `minio_cluster_capacity_usable_total_bytes`   | Total usable capacity online in the cluster.                                                                    |
 | `minio_cluster_objects_size_distribution`     | Distribution of object sizes across a cluster                                                                   |
-| `minio_cluster_objects_version_distribution`  | Distribution of object sizes across a cluster                                                                   |
+| `minio_cluster_objects_version_distribution`  | Distribution of object versions across a cluster                                                                |
 | `minio_cluster_usage_object_total`            | Total number of objects in a cluster                                                                            |
 | `minio_cluster_usage_total_bytes`             | Total cluster usage in bytes                                                                                    |
 | `minio_cluster_usage_version_total`           | Total number of versions (includes delete marker) in a cluster                                                  |