diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21cbd4c1bb..deffa3d7c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ release.
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Remove misleading pluralization wording related to count metrics
+  ([#488](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/488))
+
 ## v1.23.0 (2023-11-03)
 
 This release marks the first where the core of HTTP semantic conventions have
diff --git a/docs/general/metrics.md b/docs/general/metrics.md
index 058a12e636..74699fbad0 100644
--- a/docs/general/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/general/metrics.md
@@ -124,12 +124,10 @@ should be pluralized, even if only a single data point is recorded.
 
 If the value being recorded represents the count of concepts signified
 by the namespace then the metric should be named `count` (within its namespace).
-The pluralization rule does not apply in this case.
 
-For example if we have a namespace `system.processes` which contains all metrics related
+For example if we have a namespace `system.process` which contains all metrics related
 to the processes then to represent the count of the processes we can have a metric named
-`system.processes.count`. The suffix `count` here indicates that it is the count of
-`system.processes`.
+`system.process.count`.
 
 #### Do not use `total`