diff --git a/Sources/App/CapServer.swift b/Sources/App/CapServer.swift
index c1c63e7..7733070 100644
--- a/Sources/App/CapServer.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/CapServer.swift
@@ -460,9 +460,15 @@ final class CapServer {
 
     // MARK: Monitoring
 
-    private let capCountMetric = Metric<Int>("caps.count")
+    private let capCountMetric = Metric<Int>("caps.count",
+                                             name: "Number of caps",
+                                             description: "The total number of caps in the database")
 
-    private let imageCountMetric = Metric<Int>("caps.images")
+    private let imageCountMetric = Metric<Int>("caps.images",
+                                               name: "Total images",
+                                               description: "The total number of images for all caps")
 
-    private let classifierMetric = Metric<Int>("caps.classifier")
+    private let classifierMetric = Metric<Int>("caps.classifier",
+                                               name: "Classifier Version",
+                                               description: "The current version of the image classifier")
 }
diff --git a/Sources/App/configure.swift b/Sources/App/configure.swift
index 05971f5..38b453f 100755
--- a/Sources/App/configure.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/configure.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
     // All new metrics are automatically registered with the standard observer
     MetricObserver.standard = monitor
 
-    let status = Metric<ServerStatus>("caps.status")
+    let status = Metric<ServerStatus>("caps.status",
+                                      name: "Status",
+                                      description: "The general status of the service")
     status.update(.initializing)
 
     let server = CapServer(in: URL(fileURLWithPath: publicDirectory))