diff --git a/synapse/metrics/metric.py b/synapse/metrics/metric.py
index e81af29895..e87b2b80a7 100644
--- a/synapse/metrics/metric.py
+++ b/synapse/metrics/metric.py
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ class CallbackMetric(BaseMetric):
         value = self.callback()
 
         if self.is_scalar():
-            return ["%s %d" % (self.name, value)]
+            return ["%s %.12g" % (self.name, value)]
 
-        return ["%s%s %d" % (self.name, self._render_key(k), value[k])
+        return ["%s%s %.12g" % (self.name, self._render_key(k), value[k])
                 for k in sorted(value.keys())]