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 Four types of metric are offered: Counter, Gauge, Summary and Histogram.
 See the documentation on [metric types](http://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/metric_types/)
-and [instrumentation best practices](http://prometheus.io/docs/practices/instrumentation/#counter-vs.-gauge,-summary-vs.-histogram)
+and [instrumentation best practices](https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/instrumentation/#counter-vs-gauge-summary-vs-histogram)
 on how to use them.
 
 ### Counter