diff --git a/plugins/syslog/syslog_ng_stats b/plugins/syslog/syslog_ng_stats
index 8ec54d99..d68699e7 100755
--- a/plugins/syslog/syslog_ng_stats
+++ b/plugins/syslog/syslog_ng_stats
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ for my $graph (@str) {
 # Show config
 if( exists $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq "config" ) {
     print "graph_title Syslog-ng statistics\n";
-    print "graph_vlabel count\n";
+    print "graph_vlabel messages/\${graph_period}\n";
     print "graph_args --base 1000 --lower-limit 0 --rigid\n";
     print "graph_info This graph show syslog-ng-ctl stats\n";
     print "graph_category system\n";
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ if( exists $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq "config" ) {
         printf "%s.label %s: %s, %s\n", $id,
             $graph->{source_name},$graph->{source_id}, $graph->{type};
         printf "%s.min 0\n", $id;
+        printf "%s.type DERIVE\n", $id;
     }
 }