diff --git a/content/en/docs/17.0/reference/backup-and-restore/metrics.md b/content/en/docs/17.0/reference/backup-and-restore/metrics.md
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@@ -8,15 +8,55 @@ Backup and restore operations export several metrics using the expvars interface
 
 ## Backup metrics
 
+Metrics related to backup operations are available in both Vtbackup and VTTablet.
+
+#### BackupBytes, BackupCount, BackupDurationNanoseconds
+
+Depending on the Backup Engine and Backup Storage in-use, a backup may be a complex pipeline of operations, including but not limited to:
+
+ * Reading files from disk.
+ * Compressing files.
+ * Uploading compress files to cloud object storage.
+
+These operations are counted and timed, and the number of bytes consumed or produced by each stage of the pipeline are counted as well.
+
 #### backup_duration_seconds
 
-_backup_duration_seconds_ times the duration of a backup.
+**Deprecated**
+
+_backup_duration_seconds_ times the duration of a backup. This metric is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use _BackupDurationNanoseconds_ instead.
 
 ## Restore metrics
 
+Metrics related to restore operations are available in both Vtbackup and VTTablet.
+
+#### RestoreBytes, RestoreCount, RestoreDurationNanoseconds
+
+Depending on the Backup Engine and Backup Storage in-use, a restore may be a complex pipeline of operations, including but not limited to:
+
+ * Downloading compressed files from cloud object storage.
+ * Decompressing files.
+ * Writing decompressed files to disk.
+
+These operations are counted and timed, and the number of bytes consumed or produced by each stage of the pipeline are counted as well.
+
 #### restore_duration_seconds
 
-_restore_duration_seconds_ times the duration of a restore.
+**Deprecated**
+
+_restore_duration_seconds_ times the duration of a restore. This metric is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use _RestoreDurationNanoseconds_ instead.
+
+## Vtbackup metrics
+
+Vtbackup exports some metrics which are not available elsewhere.
+
+#### DurationByPhaseSeconds
+
+Vtbackup fetches the last backup, restores it to an empty mysql installation, replicates recent changes into that installation, and then takes a backup of that installation.
+
+_DurationByPhaseSeconds_ exports timings for these individual phases.
+
+<hr style="border-top: 2px dashed brown">
 
 ## Example
 **A snippet of vtbackup metrics after running it against the local example after creating the initial cluster**
@@ -25,7 +65,72 @@ _restore_duration_seconds_ times the duration of a restore.
 
 ```
 {
+  "BackupBytes": {
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Read": 4777,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Compressor:Write": 4616,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Write": 162,
+    "BackupStorage.File.File:Write": 163
+  },
+  "BackupCount": {
+    "-.-.Backup": 1,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Open": 161,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Close": 322,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Compressor:Close": 161,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Open": 161,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Close": 322
+  },
+  "BackupDurationNanoseconds": {
+    "-.-.Backup": 4188508542,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Open": 10649832,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Read": 55901067,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Close": 960826,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Compressor:Write": 278358826,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Compressor:Close": 79358372,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Open": 16456627,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Write": 11021043,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Close": 17144630,
+    "BackupStorage.File.File:Write": 10743169
+  },
+  "DurationByPhaseSeconds": {
+    "InitMySQLd": 2,
+    "RestoreLastBackup": 6,
+    "CatchUpReplication": 1,
+    "TakeNewBackup": 4
+  },
+  "RestoreBytes": {
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Read": 1095,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Decompressor:Read": 950,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Write": 209,
+    "BackupStorage.File.File:Read": 1113
+  },
+  "RestoreCount": {
+    "-.-.Restore": 1,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Open": 161,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Close": 322,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Decompressor:Close": 161,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Open": 161,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Close": 322
+  },
+  "RestoreDurationNanoseconds": {
+    "-.-.Restore": 6204765541,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Open": 10542539,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Read": 104658370,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Source:Close": 773038,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Decompressor:Read": 165692120,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Decompressor:Close": 51040,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Open": 22715122,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Write": 41679581,
+    "BackupEngine.Builtin.Destination:Close": 26954624,
+    "BackupStorage.File.File:Read": 102416075
+  },
   "backup_duration_seconds": 4,
   "restore_duration_seconds": 6
 }
 ```
+
+Some notes to help understand these metrics:
+
+ * `BackupBytes["BackupStorage.File.File:Write"]` measures how many bytes were read from disk by the `file` Backup Storage implementation during the backup phase.
+ * `DurationByPhaseSeconds["CatchUpReplication"]` measures how long it took to catch-up replication after the restore phase.
+ * `DurationByPhaseSeconds["RestoreLastBackup"]` measures to the duration of the restore phase.
+ * `RestoreDurationNanoseconds["-.-.Restore"]` also measures to the duration of the restore phase.