diff --git a/changelog.d/8712.misc b/changelog.d/8712.misc
index 0218e9524d..90d63a9a23 100644
--- a/changelog.d/8712.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/8712.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add metrics for tracking 3PID `/requestToken` requests.
+Add metrics the allow the local sysadmin to track 3PID `/requestToken` requests.
diff --git a/synapse/metrics/__init__.py b/synapse/metrics/__init__.py
index f4576c42c3..7468f1e20c 100644
--- a/synapse/metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/metrics/__init__.py
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ last_ticked = time.time()
 # 3PID send info
 threepid_send_requests = Histogram(
     "synapse_threepid_send_requests_with_tries",
-    documentation="Number of requests for a 3pid token by retry count. Note if"
-    " there is a request with rerty count of 4, then there would have been one"
+    documentation="Number of requests for a 3pid token by try count. Note if"
+    " there is a request with retry count of 4, then there would have been one"
     " each for 1, 2 and 3",
     buckets=(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10),
     labelnames=("type", "reason"),