diff --git a/.chloggen/es_add_default_metrics.yaml b/.chloggen/es_add_default_metrics.yaml
index 512613b5205f..a587dbedee84 100644
--- a/.chloggen/es_add_default_metrics.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/es_add_default_metrics.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ issues: [34396]
 subtext: |
   This enables the following metrics by default: 
   `elasticsearch.index.documents`
-  `elasticsearch.index.operations.merge.count`
+  `elasticsearch.index.operations.merge.current`
   `elasticsearch.index.segments.count`
   To preserve previous behavior, update your Elasticsearch receiver configuration to disable these metrics.