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@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ spec:
         max: 500
       interval: 30s
     - name: "database connections"
-      # custom Prometheus check
+      # custom metric check
       templateRef:
         name: db-connections
       thresholdRange:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ For more details on how the canary analysis and promotion works please [read the
 | Manual gating (approve/pause/resume)         | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
 | Request success rate check (L7 metric)       | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: |
 | Request duration check (L7 metric)           | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: |
-| Custom promql checks                         | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
+| Custom metric checks                         | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
 | Traffic policy, CORS, retries and timeouts   | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: |
 
 ### Roadmap