diff --git a/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index b5cb59662d..7b02badd87 100644
--- a/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ var (
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Name:      "sd_kubernetes_events_total",
-			Help:      "The number of Kubernetes events received.",
+			Help:      "The number of Kubernetes events handled.",
 		},
-		[]string{"type", "event"},
+		[]string{"role", "event"},
 	)
 )