diff --git a/compute/etc/neon_collector.jsonnet b/compute/etc/neon_collector.jsonnet
index e73fb132ee..c6fa645b41 100644
--- a/compute/etc/neon_collector.jsonnet
+++ b/compute/etc/neon_collector.jsonnet
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   metrics: [
     import 'sql_exporter/checkpoints_req.libsonnet',
     import 'sql_exporter/checkpoints_timed.libsonnet',
-    import 'sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.libsonnet',
+    import 'sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.libsonnet',
     import 'sql_exporter/compute_current_lsn.libsonnet',
     import 'sql_exporter/compute_logical_snapshot_files.libsonnet',
     import 'sql_exporter/compute_receive_lsn.libsonnet',
diff --git a/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.sql b/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fa62d38a4..0000000000
--- a/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SELECT neon.backpressure_throttling_time() AS throttled;
diff --git a/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.libsonnet b/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.libsonnet
similarity index 71%
rename from compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.libsonnet
rename to compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.libsonnet
index b25bb73d0f..02c803cfa6 100644
--- a/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.libsonnet
+++ b/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.libsonnet
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-  metric_name: 'compute_backpressure_throttling_ms',
+  metric_name: 'compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds',
   type: 'gauge',
   help: 'Time compute has spent throttled',
   key_labels: null,
   values: [
     'throttled',
   ],
-  query: importstr 'sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_ms.sql',
+  query: importstr 'sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.sql',
 }
diff --git a/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.sql b/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..459c586d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute/etc/sql_exporter/compute_backpressure_throttling_seconds.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT neon.backpressure_throttling_time()::float8 / 1000 AS throttled;