diff --git a/docs/node-mixin/dashboards/node.libsonnet b/docs/node-mixin/dashboards/node.libsonnet
index fbc5b782..ef8d3ae2 100644
--- a/docs/node-mixin/dashboards/node.libsonnet
+++ b/docs/node-mixin/dashboards/node.libsonnet
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ local gauge = promgrafonnet.gauge;
         .addTarget(prometheus.target(
           |||
             (
-              (1 - rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{%(nodeExporterSelector)s, mode="idle", instance="$instance"}[$__rate_interval]))
+              (1 - sum without (mode) (rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{%(nodeExporterSelector)s, mode=~"idle|iowait|steal", instance="$instance"}[$__rate_interval])))
             / ignoring(cpu) group_left
-              count without (cpu)( node_cpu_seconds_total{%(nodeExporterSelector)s, mode="idle", instance="$instance"})
+              count without (cpu, mode) (node_cpu_seconds_total{%(nodeExporterSelector)s, mode="idle", instance="$instance"})
             )
           ||| % $._config,
           legendFormat='{{cpu}}',
diff --git a/docs/node-mixin/rules/rules.libsonnet b/docs/node-mixin/rules/rules.libsonnet
index df62e4d4..9c8eb90d 100644
--- a/docs/node-mixin/rules/rules.libsonnet
+++ b/docs/node-mixin/rules/rules.libsonnet
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
             ||| % $._config,
           },
           {
-            // CPU utilisation is % CPU is not idle.
+            // CPU utilisation is % CPU without {idle,iowait,steal}.
             record: 'instance:node_cpu_utilisation:rate%(rateInterval)s' % $._config,
             expr: |||
-              1 - avg without (cpu, mode) (
-                rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{%(nodeExporterSelector)s, mode="idle"}[%(rateInterval)s])
+              1 - avg without (cpu) (
+                sum without (mode) (rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{%(nodeExporterSelector)s, mode=~"idle|iowait|steal"}[%(rateInterval)s]))
               )
             ||| % $._config,
           },