diff --git a/specs/abtesting-v3/common/parameters.yml b/specs/abtesting-v3/common/parameters.yml
index e88c606ebf5..8fd88185351 100644
--- a/specs/abtesting-v3/common/parameters.yml
+++ b/specs/abtesting-v3/common/parameters.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ filterEffects:
           description: Number of tracked searches removed from the A/B test.
           example: 237
 
-metric:
+createMetric:
   type: object
   description: Defines a metric to be retrieved during an A/B test.
   properties:
diff --git a/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Timeseries.yml b/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Timeseries.yml
index 377e10abcbf..7707c40d6af 100644
--- a/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Timeseries.yml
+++ b/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Timeseries.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ metricDate:
     metrics:
       $ref: 'Variant.yml#/metrics'
 
-Metric:
+MetricName:
   type: string
   enum:
     - search_count
diff --git a/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Variant.yml b/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Variant.yml
index d7c69e7ebed..2d89dc532bb 100644
--- a/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Variant.yml
+++ b/specs/abtesting-v3/common/schemas/Variant.yml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ metrics:
   type: array
   description: All ABTest metrics that were defined during test creation.
   items:
-    $ref: '#/metric'
+    $ref: '#/metricResult'
 
-metric:
+metricResult:
   type: object
   properties:
     name:
diff --git a/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/abtests.yml b/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/abtests.yml
index e31ce03e6c1..51a698e25d0 100644
--- a/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/abtests.yml
+++ b/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/abtests.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ post:
                 $ref: '../common/schemas/AddABTestsVariant.yml#/AddABTestsVariant'
             metrics:
               type: array
-              description: A/B test metrics involved in the test. Only these metrics will be considered when calculating results. 
+              description: A/B test metrics involved in the test. Only these metrics will be considered when calculating results.
               items:
-                $ref: '../common/parameters.yml#/metric'
+                $ref: '../common/parameters.yml#/createMetric'
             configuration:
               $ref: '../common/schemas/ABTest.yml#/ABTestConfiguration'
             endAt:
diff --git a/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/scheduleABTest.yml b/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/scheduleABTest.yml
index c8d4f2d4865..4b6bc647708 100644
--- a/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/scheduleABTest.yml
+++ b/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/scheduleABTest.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ post:
               type: array
               description: A/B test metrics involved in the test. Only these metrics will be considered when calculating results.
               items:
-                $ref: '../common/parameters.yml#/metric'
+                $ref: '../common/parameters.yml#/createMetric'
             configuration:
               $ref: '../common/schemas/ABTest.yml#/ABTestConfiguration'
             scheduledAt:
diff --git a/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/timeseries.yml b/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/timeseries.yml
index de530f062fd..cfd5945b7e9 100644
--- a/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/timeseries.yml
+++ b/specs/abtesting-v3/paths/timeseries.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ get:
       schema:
         type: array
         items:
-          $ref: '../common/schemas/Timeseries.yml#/Metric'
+          $ref: '../common/schemas/Timeseries.yml#/MetricName'
   responses:
     '200':
       description: OK