diff --git a/collector/uptime/uptime.go b/collector/uptime/uptime.go
index 2b58400..adc40bd 100644
--- a/collector/uptime/uptime.go
+++ b/collector/uptime/uptime.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func New() *UptimeCollector {
 		procFileLocation: procUptimeLocation,
 		uptimeFreq:       1 * time.Second,
 		uptime:           0,
-		uptimeProm:       prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{Namespace: "system", Name: "uptime_nanosec", Help: "System uptime in nanoseconds"}),
+		uptimeProm:       prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{Namespace: "system", Name: "uptime_sec", Help: "System uptime in seconds"}),
 	}
 
 }