diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bbddd7..1900b76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ label value are replaced by the n-th wildcard match in the matching line,
 starting at 1. Multiple matching definitions are separated by one or more empty
 lines. The first mapping rule that matches a StatsD metric wins.
 
+Metrics that don't match any mapping in the configuration file are translated
+into Prometheus metrics without any labels and with certain characters escaped
+(`_` -> `__`; `-` -> `__`; `.` -> `_`).
+
+In general, the different metric types are translated as follows, with certain
+suffixes appended to the Prometheus metric names:
+
+    StatsD gauge   -> Prometheus gauge (suffix `_gauge`)
+    
+    StatsD counter -> Prometheus counter (suffix `_counter`)
+    
+    StatsD timer   -> Prometheus summary (suffix `_timer`)        <-- indicates timer quantiles
+                   -> Prometheus counter (suffix `_timer_total`)  <-- indicates total time spent
+                   -> Prometheus counter (suffix `_timer_count`)  <-- indicates total number of timer events
+
 An example mapping configuration:
 
     test.dispatcher.*.*.*
@@ -59,23 +74,11 @@ An example mapping configuration:
 This would transform these example StatsD metrics into Prometheus metrics as
 follows:
 
-    test.dispatcher.FooProcessor.send.success
-     => dispatcher_events{processor="FooProcessor", action="send", outcome="success", job="test_dispatcher"}
+    test.dispatcher.FooProcessor.send.success (counter)
+     => dispatcher_events_counter{processor="FooProcessor", action="send", outcome="success", job="test_dispatcher"}
     
-    foo_product.signup.facebook.failure
-     => signup_events{provider="facebook", outcome="failure", job="foo_product_server"}
-
-Metrics that don't match any mapping in the configuration file are translated
-into Prometheus metrics without any labels and with certain characters escaped
-(`_` -> `__`; `-` -> `__`; `.` -> `_`).
-
-In general, the different metric types are translated as follows, with certain
-suffixes appended to the Prometheus metric names:
-
-    StatsD gauge   -> Prometheus gauge (suffix `_gauge`)
-    
-    StatsD counter -> Prometheus counter (suffix `_counter`)
-    
-    StatsD timer   -> Prometheus summary (suffix `_timer`)        <-- indicates timer quantiles
-                   -> Prometheus counter (suffix `_timer_total`)  <-- indicates total time spent
-                   -> Prometheus counter (suffix `_timer_count`)  <-- indicates total number of timer events
+    foo_product.signup.facebook.failure (counter)
+     => signup_events_counter{provider="facebook", outcome="failure", job="foo_product_server"}
+     
+    test.web-server.foo.bar (gauge)
+     => test_web__server_foo_bar_gauge{}