diff --git a/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_hits.md b/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_hits.md
index 62aa5204..49393f80 100644
--- a/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_hits.md
+++ b/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_hits.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Keyspace Hits
 brief: Number of successful lookup of keys in the main dictionary
-metric_type: derivative
+metric_type: cumulative counter
 ---
 ### Keyspace Hits
 
diff --git a/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_misses.md b/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_misses.md
index 2e2c779d..909d64eb 100644
--- a/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_misses.md
+++ b/collectd-redis/docs/derive.keyspace_misses.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Keyspace Misses
 brief: Number of failed lookup of keys in the main dictionary
-metric_type: derivative
+metric_type: cumulative counter
 ---
 ### Keyspace Misses