diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/telemetry.html.md b/website/source/docs/agent/telemetry.html.md
index 404ef006e7..4e47849159 100644
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@@ -742,13 +742,13 @@ These metrics are used to monitor the health of the Consul servers.
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     <td>`consul.rpc.query`</td>
-    <td>This increments when a server receives a (potentially blocking) RPC query.</td>
+    <td>This increments when a server sends a (potentially blocking) RPC query.</td>
     <td>queries</td>
     <td>counter</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>`consul.rpc.cross-dc`</td>
-    <td>This increments when a server receives a (potentially blocking) cross datacenter RPC query.</td>
+    <td>This increments when a server sends a (potentially blocking) cross datacenter RPC query.</td>
     <td>queries</td>
     <td>counter</td>
   </tr>