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@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ The following metrics are exposed by the proxy service:
 | `opencloud_proxy_concurrent_service_requests` | • `service`: identifier of the service the request is proxied to | Counts the number of in-flight requests that are being processed at a given time |
 | `opencloud_proxy_routing_failure_count` | | Counts the number of inbound requests that cannot be proxied due to a failure of determining how to route it |
 | `opencloud_proxy_duration_seconds` | • `service`: identifier of the service the request is proxied to | Classic histogram that measures the duration of proxied HTTP requests, per service |
-| `opencloud_proxy_request_total` | • `method`: the HTTP method<br>• `result`: one of `success` (<=299), `client-error` (<= 499), `server-error` (>= 500), depending on the status code in the response of the proxied HTTP request<br>• `services`: identifier of the service the request is proxied to | Counts the number of proxied requests |
-| `opencloud_proxy_request_duration_seconds_bucket` | • `method`: the HTTP method<br>• `result`: one of `success`, `client-error`, `server-error`, depending on the status code in the response of the proxied HTTP request<br>• `services`: identifier of the service the request is proxied to | Native histogram that measures the duration of proxied HTTP requests, per service |
+| `opencloud_proxy_request_total` | • `method`: the HTTP method<br />• `result`: one of `success` (`<=299`), `client-error` (`<= 499`), `server-error` (`>= 500`), depending on the status code in the response of the proxied HTTP request<br />• `services`: identifier of the service the request is proxied to | Counts the number of proxied requests |
+| `opencloud_proxy_request_duration_seconds_bucket` | • `method`: the HTTP method<br />• `result`: one of `success`, `client-error`, `server-error`, depending on the status code in the response of the proxied HTTP request<br />• `services`: identifier of the service the request is proxied to | Native histogram that measures the duration of proxied HTTP requests, per service |
 | `opencloud_proxy_build_info` | • `version`: build version of the proxy | A gauge with a constant value of `1` |
 
 ### Prometheus Configuration