diff --git a/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx b/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx
index 864c1b86e93..2002396c0e5 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx
@@ -211,10 +211,13 @@ You can use `getField()` to extract those fields. For example, if you want to us
     The average value of a metric is computed as `total` over `count`, so the following query returns metric data where the result of the `average()` value function is greater than 2.
 
     ```
-    FROM Metric SELECT average(apm.service.transaction.duration) WHERE appName = 'MyApp' AND getField(apm.service.transaction.duration, total) / getField(apm.service.transaction.duration, count) > 2
+    FROM Metric 
+    SELECT average(apm.service.transaction.duration) 
+    WHERE appName = 'MyApp' 
+    AND getField(apm.service.transaction.duration, total) / getField(apm.service.transaction.duration, count) > 2
     ```
 
-    or with the shorthand:
+    Or, you can use the shorthand:
 
     ```
     FROM Metric SELECT average(apm.service.transaction.duration) WHERE appName = 'MyApp' AND apm.service.transaction.duration[total] / apm.service.transaction.duration[count] > 2
@@ -227,12 +230,16 @@ You can use `getField()` to extract those fields. For example, if you want to us
     This example query returns a list of gauge metrics:
 
     ```
-    FROM Metric SELECT uniques(metricName) WHERE getField(%, type) = 'gauge'
+    FROM Metric 
+    SELECT uniques(metricName) 
+    WHERE getField(%, type) = 'gauge'
     ```
 
-    or with the shorthand:
+    Or, you can use the shorthand:
     ```
-    FROM Metric SELECT uniques(metricName) WHERE %[type] = 'gauge'
+    FROM Metric 
+    SELECT uniques(metricName) 
+    WHERE %[type] = 'gauge'
     ```
 
     Note the use of the `%` wildcard to target any matching `metricName`.