diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 884d2818..ff952b6b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ export class GossipSub extends EventEmitter<GossipsubEvents> implements PubSub<G
       // This message has already been seen. We don't re-publish messages that have already
       // been published on the network.
       if (ignoreDuplicateMessages) {
-        this.metrics?.onIgnoreDuplicateMsg(topic)
+        this.metrics?.onIgnorePublishedDuplicateMsg(topic)
         return { recipients: [] }
       }
       throw Error('PublishError.Duplicate')
diff --git a/src/metrics.ts b/src/metrics.ts
index 91daf97f..12e335b2 100644
--- a/src/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/metrics.ts
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ export function getMetrics(
     }),
 
     duplicateMsgIgnored: register.gauge<{ topic: TopicLabel }>({
-      name: 'gossisub_duplicate_msg_ignored_total',
-      help: 'Total count of duplicate message ignored by topic',
+      name: 'gossisub_published_duplicate_msgs_ignored_total',
+      help: 'Total count of published duplicate message ignored by topic',
       labelNames: ['topic']
     }),
 
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ export function getMetrics(
       }
     },
 
-    onIgnoreDuplicateMsg(topicStr: TopicStr): void {
+    onIgnorePublishedDuplicateMsg(topicStr: TopicStr): void {
       const topic = this.toTopic(topicStr)
       this.duplicateMsgIgnored.inc({ topic }, 1)
     },