diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 3c6c362f949..f408aecba96 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var (
 
 	// Timers
 	M_DataSource_ProxyReq_Timer Timer
-	M_Alerting_Exeuction_Time   Timer
+	M_Alerting_Execution_Time Timer
 
 	// StatTotals
 	M_Alerting_Active_Alerts Gauge
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func initMetricVars(settings *MetricSettings) {
 
 	// Timers
 	M_DataSource_ProxyReq_Timer = RegTimer("api.dataproxy.request.all")
-	M_Alerting_Exeuction_Time = RegTimer("alerting.execution_time")
+	M_Alerting_Execution_Time = RegTimer("alerting.execution_time")
 
 	// StatTotals
 	M_Alerting_Active_Alerts = RegGauge("alerting.active_alerts")
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
index 20c6b952465..867226738b8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ func (e *DefaultEvalHandler) Eval(context *EvalContext) {
 	context.NoDataFound = noDataFound
 	context.EndTime = time.Now()
 	elapsedTime := context.EndTime.Sub(context.StartTime) / time.Millisecond
-	metrics.M_Alerting_Exeuction_Time.Update(elapsedTime)
+	metrics.M_Alerting_Execution_Time.Update(elapsedTime)
 }