diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index e1e40b29..74e5b3a0 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ aliases:
   - /operator/changelog/index.html
 ---
 
+- fixed Prometheus scrape config metricsPath conversion. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/issues/1073)
+
 ## [v0.47.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/releases/tag/v0.47.0) - 15 Aug 2024
 
 ### Breaking changes
diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
index 282faffe..a963ef67 100644
--- a/docs/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ For installing VictoriaMetrics operator with helm-chart follow the instructions
 ([this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/blob/master/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/README.md)
 or [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/blob/master/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/README.md)).
 
-in addition, you can use [quickstart guide](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start) for 
+in addition, you can use [quickstart guide](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start) for
 installing VictoriaMetrics operator with helm-chart.
 
 ## Installing by Manifest
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ resources:
 namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
 
 images:
-- name: victoriametrics/operator
+- name: manager
+  newName: victoriametrics/operator
   newTag: ${VM_VERSION}
 EOF
 ```
diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis.go b/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis.go
index c815b081..5b443dae 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func ConvertScrapeConfig(promscrapeConfig *promv1alpha1.ScrapeConfig, conf *conf
 	cs.Annotations = converter.FilterPrefixes(promscrapeConfig.Annotations, conf.FilterPrometheusConverterAnnotationPrefixes)
 	cs.Spec.RelabelConfigs = converter.ConvertRelabelConfig(promscrapeConfig.Spec.RelabelConfigs)
 	cs.Spec.MetricRelabelConfigs = converter.ConvertRelabelConfig(promscrapeConfig.Spec.MetricRelabelConfigs)
+	cs.Spec.Path = ptr.Deref(promscrapeConfig.Spec.MetricsPath, "")
 
 	if promscrapeConfig.Spec.EnableCompression != nil {
 		cs.Spec.VMScrapeParams = &vmv1beta1.VMScrapeParams{
diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis_test.go b/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis_test.go
index bb25f56f..b9eb578b 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/converter/v1alpha1/apis_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func TestConvertScrapeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							Username: corev1.SecretKeySelector{Key: "username"},
 							Password: corev1.SecretKeySelector{Key: "password"},
 						},
+						MetricsPath: ptr.To("/test"),
 						ProxyConfig: promv1.ProxyConfig{
 							ProxyURL: ptr.To("http://proxy.com"),
 						},
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ func TestConvertScrapeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						ProxyURL:        ptr.To("http://proxy.com"),
 						HonorTimestamps: ptr.To(true),
 						VMScrapeParams:  &vmv1beta1.VMScrapeParams{DisableCompression: ptr.To(false)},
+						Path:            "/test",
 					},
 					StaticConfigs: []vmv1beta1.StaticConfig{
 						{