diff --git a/storage/remote/graphite/client.go b/storage/remote/graphite/client.go
index 61a1413a7..0e7ee28af 100644
--- a/storage/remote/graphite/client.go
+++ b/storage/remote/graphite/client.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func pathFromMetric(m model.Metric, prefix string) string {
 	}
 	sort.Sort(labels)
 
-	// For each label, in order, add ".<label>=<value>".
+	// For each label, in order, add ".<label>.<value>".
 	for _, l := range labels {
 		v := m[l]