diff --git a/etc/alice-lg/alice.example.conf b/etc/alice-lg/alice.example.conf
index ec3b51f..66f579b 100644
--- a/etc/alice-lg/alice.example.conf
+++ b/etc/alice-lg/alice.example.conf
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ routes_store_query_limit = 200000
 # parsing a master4 table will take about 2.5 instead of 1.25 minutes.
 stream_parser_throttle = 10000
 
-# Enable prometheus metrics endpoint
-# When `enable_prometheus` is set to `true`, Alice will export metrics
-# on `/metrics` in Prometheus format.
+# Enable metrics endpoint
+# When `enable_metrics` is set to `true`, Alice will export metrics
+# on `/metrics` in Prometheus (openmetrics) format.
 # Default: false
-enable_prometheus = false
+enable_metrics = false
 
 # [postgres]
 # url = "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/alice"
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index bc5f649..77b2d49 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	DefaultAsn                        int    `ini:"asn"`
 	EnableNeighborsStatusRefresh      bool   `ini:"enable_neighbors_status_refresh"`
 	StreamParserThrottle              int    `ini:"stream_parser_throttle"`
-	EnablePrometheus                  bool   `ini:"enable_prometheus"`
+	EnableMetrics                     bool   `ini:"enable_metrics"`
 }
 
 // PostgresConfig is the configuration for the database
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ func LoadConfig(file string) (*Config, error) {
 		RoutesStoreRefreshParallelism:     1,
 		NeighborsStoreRefreshParallelism:  1,
 		RoutesStoreQueryLimit:             DefaultRoutesStoreQueryLimit,
-		EnablePrometheus:                  true,
+		EnableMetrics:                     true,
 	}
 	if err := parsedConfig.Section("server").MapTo(&server); err != nil {
 		return nil, err