diff --git a/plugins/rethinkdb/rethinkdb_node_io b/plugins/rethinkdb/rethinkdb_node_io
index bdae09e0..010fdb94 100644
--- a/plugins/rethinkdb/rethinkdb_node_io
+++ b/plugins/rethinkdb/rethinkdb_node_io
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ def print_config():
     print("graph_args --base 1000 -l 0")
     print("graph_vlabel Operations / second")
     print("graph_category rethinkdb")
-    print("total_qps.label queries per sec")
-    print("total_rdps.label read docs per sec")
-    print("total_wdps.label written docs per sec")
+    print("total_qps.label queries per
+    print("total_qps.type COUNTER")   
+    print("total_rdps.label read docs 
+    print("total_rdps.type COUNTER")  
+    print("total_wdps.label written do
+    print("total_wdps.type COUNTER")  
     exit(0)