diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/metrics.go
index db2280e316..10280e0d88 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/metrics.go
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ var (
 	eventCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
-			Name:      "event_count",
+			Name:      "event_total",
 			Help:      "Counter of audit events generated and sent to the audit backend.",
 		})
 	errorCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
-			Name:      "error_count",
+			Name:      "error_total",
 			Help: "Counter of audit events that failed to be audited properly. " +
 				"Plugin identifies the plugin affected by the error.",
 		},
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var (
 	levelCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
-			Name:      "level_count",
+			Name:      "level_total",
 			Help:      "Counter of policy levels for audit events (1 per request).",
 		},
 		[]string{"level"},