diff --git a/packages/lib/src/buildInfo.ts b/packages/lib/src/buildInfo.ts
index 91904df1..f93af6fe 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/buildInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/buildInfo.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getMeter } from "./instrumentation";
 import { getRuntime, Runtime } from "./utils";
 import { UpDownCounter } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import { BUILD_INFO_DESCRIPTION, BUILD_INFO_NAME } from "./constants";
 
 /**
  * BuildInfo is used to create the `build_info` metric that
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ let buildInfoGauge: UpDownCounter;
 
 export function recordBuildInfo(buildInfo: BuildInfo) {
   if (!buildInfoGauge) {
-    buildInfoGauge = getMeter().createUpDownCounter("build_info");
+    buildInfoGauge = getMeter().createUpDownCounter(BUILD_INFO_NAME, {
+      description: BUILD_INFO_DESCRIPTION,
+    });
   }
 
   buildInfoGauge.add(1, buildInfo);
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/constants.ts b/packages/lib/src/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff7493b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lib/src/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Metrics
+export const COUNTER_NAME = "function.calls" as const;
+export const HISTOGRAM_NAME = "function.calls.duration" as const;
+export const GAUGE_NAME = "function.calls.concurrent" as const;
+export const BUILD_INFO_NAME = "build_info" as const;
+
+// Descriptions
+export const COUNTER_DESCRIPTION =
+  "Autometrics counter for tracking function calls" as const;
+export const HISTOGRAM_DESCRIPTION =
+  "Autometrics histogram for tracking function call duration" as const;
+export const GAUGE_DESCRIPTION =
+  "Autometrics gauge for tracking concurrent function calls" as const;
+export const BUILD_INFO_DESCRIPTION =
+  "Autometrics info metric for tracking software version and build details" as const;
+
+// Units
+export const HISTOGRAM_UNIT = "seconds" as const;
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/wrappers.ts b/packages/lib/src/wrappers.ts
index 51cfb527..ebede1d8 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/wrappers.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/wrappers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import { Attributes } from "@opentelemetry/api";
-import type { Objective } from "./objectives";
+import { setBuildInfo } from "./buildInfo";
+import {
+  COUNTER_DESCRIPTION,
+  COUNTER_NAME,
+  GAUGE_DESCRIPTION,
+  GAUGE_NAME,
+  HISTOGRAM_DESCRIPTION,
+  HISTOGRAM_NAME,
+} from "./constants";
 import { getMeter } from "./instrumentation";
+import type { Objective } from "./objectives";
 import {
   ALSInstance,
   getALSCaller,
@@ -10,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   isObject,
   isPromise,
 } from "./utils";
-import { setBuildInfo } from "./buildInfo";
 
 let asyncLocalStorage: ALSInstance | undefined;
 if (typeof window === "undefined") {
@@ -224,9 +232,15 @@ export function autometrics<F extends FunctionSig>(
 
   const meter = getMeter();
   setBuildInfo();
-  const counter = meter.createCounter("function.calls.count");
-  const histogram = meter.createHistogram("function.calls.duration");
-  const gauge = meter.createUpDownCounter("function.calls.concurrent");
+  const counter = meter.createCounter(COUNTER_NAME, {
+    description: COUNTER_DESCRIPTION,
+  });
+  const histogram = meter.createHistogram(HISTOGRAM_NAME, {
+    description: HISTOGRAM_DESCRIPTION,
+  });
+  const gauge = meter.createUpDownCounter(GAUGE_NAME, {
+    description: GAUGE_DESCRIPTION,
+  });
   const caller = getALSCaller(asyncLocalStorage);
 
   counter.add(0, {
diff --git a/packages/lib/tests/integration.test.ts b/packages/lib/tests/integration.test.ts
index c30c8029..6a8fb678 100644
--- a/packages/lib/tests/integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/tests/integration.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe("Autometrics integration test", () => {
 
   test("single function", async () => {
     const callCountMetric =
-      /function_calls_count_total\{\S*function="helloWorld"\S*module="\/packages\/lib\/tests\/integration.test.ts"\S*\} 2/gm;
+      /function_calls_total\{\S*function="helloWorld"\S*module="\/packages\/lib\/tests\/integration.test.ts"\S*\} 2/gm;
     const durationMetric =
       /function_calls_duration_bucket\{\S*function="helloWorld"\S*module="\/packages\/lib\/tests\/integration.test.ts"\S*\}/gm;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("Autometrics integration test", () => {
 
   test("single function with throw", async () => {
     const errorCountMetric =
-      /function_calls_count_total\{\S*function="error"\S*result="error"\S*\} 1/gm;
+      /function_calls_total\{\S*function="error"\S*result="error"\S*\} 1/gm;
 
     const errorFn = autometrics(async function error() {
       return Promise.reject("Oh no");
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe("Autometrics integration test", () => {
 
   test("class method", async () => {
     const callCountMetric =
-      /function_calls_count_total\{\S*function="helloWorld"\S*module="\/packages\/lib\/tests\/integration.test.ts"\S*\} 2/gm;
+      /function_calls_total\{\S*function="helloWorld"\S*module="\/packages\/lib\/tests\/integration.test.ts"\S*\} 2/gm;
     const durationMetric =
       /function_calls_duration_bucket\{\S*function="helloWorld"\S*module="\/packages\/lib\/tests\/integration.test.ts"\S*\}/gm;
 
diff --git a/packages/lib/tests/objectives.test.ts b/packages/lib/tests/objectives.test.ts
index 204d9d14..118deb26 100644
--- a/packages/lib/tests/objectives.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/tests/objectives.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("Autometrics objectives test", () => {
     successRateFn();
 
     const callCountMetric =
-      /function_calls_count_total\{\S*function="successRate"\S*objective_name="test",objective_percentile="99"\S*\} 2/gm;
+      /function_calls_total\{\S*function="successRate"\S*objective_name="test",objective_percentile="99"\S*\} 2/gm;
 
     const serialized = await collectAndSerialize(exporter);
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe("Autometrics objectives test", () => {
     combinedObjectiveFn();
 
     const callCountMetric =
-      /function_calls_count_total\{\S*function="combinedObjective"\S*objective_name="test",objective_percentile="99"\S*\} 2/gm;
+      /function_calls_total\{\S*function="combinedObjective"\S*objective_name="test",objective_percentile="99"\S*\} 2/gm;
 
     const durationMetric =
       /function_calls_duration_bucket\{\S*function="combinedObjective"\S*objective_name="test",objective_latency_threshold="0.1",objective_percentile="99.9"\S*\} 2/gm;