diff --git a/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md b/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
index 6781dd46772..bebca62b221 100644
--- a/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
+++ b/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Depending on your setup, changes listed here might require a manual intervention
 
 ### Metrics
 
-* TBD
+* `tetragon_ratelimit_dropped_total` metric is renamed to `tetragon_export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total`
diff --git a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
index 381ace5eeef..b3b750fc593 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ Timestamp of the most recent event to be exported
 
 Number of events missing process info.
 
+### `tetragon_export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total`
+
+Number of events dropped on export due to rate limiting
+
 ### `tetragon_flags_total`
 
 The total number of Tetragon flags. For internal use only.
@@ -263,10 +267,6 @@ Process Loader event statistics. For internal use only.
 | ----- | ------ |
 | `count` | `LoaderReceived, LoaderResolvedImm, LoaderResolvedRetry` |
 
-### `tetragon_ratelimit_dropped_total`
-
-The total number of rate limit Tetragon drops
-
 ### `tetragon_tracingpolicy_loaded`
 
 The number of loaded tracing policy by state.
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/metrics.go b/pkg/exporter/metrics.go
index 5a1a32cd532..40e804f7a15 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/metrics.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ var (
 
 	rateLimitDropped = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Namespace:   consts.MetricsNamespace,
-		Name:        "ratelimit_dropped_total",
-		Help:        "The total number of rate limit Tetragon drops",
+		Name:        "export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total",
+		Help:        "Number of events dropped on export due to rate limiting",
 		ConstLabels: nil,
 	})
 )