diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics/description.go b/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
index 0168ee912cb..ad69d424c29 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ var allDesc = []Description{
 	{
 		Name: "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:bytes",
 		Description: "Distribution of heap allocations by approximate size. " +
+			"Bucket counts increase monotonically. " +
 			"Note that this does not include tiny objects as defined by " +
 			"/gc/heap/tiny/allocs:objects, only tiny blocks.",
 		Kind:       KindFloat64Histogram,
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ var allDesc = []Description{
 	{
 		Name: "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:bytes",
 		Description: "Distribution of freed heap allocations by approximate size. " +
+			"Bucket counts increase monotonically. " +
 			"Note that this does not include tiny objects as defined by " +
 			"/gc/heap/tiny/allocs:objects, only tiny blocks.",
 		Kind:       KindFloat64Histogram,
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ var allDesc = []Description{
 	},
 	{
 		Name:        "/gc/pauses:seconds",
-		Description: "Distribution individual GC-related stop-the-world pause latencies.",
+		Description: "Distribution of individual GC-related stop-the-world pause latencies. Bucket counts increase monotonically.",
 		Kind:        KindFloat64Histogram,
 		Cumulative:  true,
 	},
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ var allDesc = []Description{
 	},
 	{
 		Name:        "/sched/latencies:seconds",
-		Description: "Distribution of the time goroutines have spent in the scheduler in a runnable state before actually running.",
+		Description: "Distribution of the time goroutines have spent in the scheduler in a runnable state before actually running. Bucket counts increase monotonically.",
 		Kind:        KindFloat64Histogram,
 		Cumulative:  true,
 	},
diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go b/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
index ce6e944d8cb..34d2c09de64 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ Below is the full list of supported metrics, ordered lexicographically.
 
 	/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:bytes
 		Distribution of heap allocations by approximate size.
-		Note that this does not include tiny objects as defined by
-		/gc/heap/tiny/allocs:objects, only tiny blocks.
+		Bucket counts increase monotonically. Note that this does not
+		include tiny objects as defined by /gc/heap/tiny/allocs:objects,
+		only tiny blocks.
 
 	/gc/heap/allocs:bytes
 		Cumulative sum of memory allocated to the heap by the
@@ -163,8 +164,9 @@ Below is the full list of supported metrics, ordered lexicographically.
 
 	/gc/heap/frees-by-size:bytes
 		Distribution of freed heap allocations by approximate size.
-		Note that this does not include tiny objects as defined by
-		/gc/heap/tiny/allocs:objects, only tiny blocks.
+		Bucket counts increase monotonically. Note that this does not
+		include tiny objects as defined by /gc/heap/tiny/allocs:objects,
+		only tiny blocks.
 
 	/gc/heap/frees:bytes
 		Cumulative sum of heap memory freed by the garbage collector.
@@ -197,8 +199,8 @@ Below is the full list of supported metrics, ordered lexicographically.
 		1, so a value of 0 indicates that it was never enabled.
 
 	/gc/pauses:seconds
-		Distribution individual GC-related stop-the-world pause
-		latencies.
+		Distribution of individual GC-related stop-the-world pause
+		latencies. Bucket counts increase monotonically.
 
 	/gc/stack/starting-size:bytes
 		The stack size of new goroutines.
@@ -331,7 +333,8 @@ Below is the full list of supported metrics, ordered lexicographically.
 
 	/sched/latencies:seconds
 		Distribution of the time goroutines have spent in the scheduler
-		in a runnable state before actually running.
+		in a runnable state before actually running. Bucket counts
+		increase monotonically.
 
 	/sync/mutex/wait/total:seconds
 		Approximate cumulative time goroutines have spent blocked