diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f03c38..7bc40b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Since you are logging to a file, you can use logrotate to manage the file size.
 
 | Metric | Description |
 | ------ | ----------- |
-rsync_bytes_sent_total_bytes | Total bytes sent in bytes
+rsync_sent_total_bytes | Total bytes sent in bytes
 rsync_received_total_bytes | Total bytes received in bytes
 rsync_total_size_bytes | Total size of files transferred in bytes
 rsync_last_sync | Last sync time
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c4e9c94..51a4c78 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var (
 
 var (
 	bytesSentCounter = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Name: "rsync_bytes_sent_total_bytes",
+		Name: "rsync_sent_total_bytes",
 		Help: "Total bytes sentin bytes",
 	})