diff --git a/model/metadata/metadata.go b/model/metadata/metadata.go
index f6f2827a4..1b7e63e0f 100644
--- a/model/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/model/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
 // Metadata stores a series' metadata information.
 type Metadata struct {
-	Type model.MetricType
-	Unit string
-	Help string
+	Type model.MetricType `json:"type"`
+	Unit string           `json:"unit"`
+	Help string           `json:"help"`
 }
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index c9ab84087..c3f88e20d 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -1066,6 +1066,7 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 		response              interface{}
 		responseLen           int
 		responseMetadataTotal int
+		responseAsJSON        string
 		errType               errorType
 		sorter                func(interface{})
 		metadata              []targetMetadata
@@ -1736,6 +1737,9 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 				"prometheus_engine_query_duration_seconds": {{Type: model.MetricTypeSummary, Help: "Query timings", Unit: ""}},
 				"go_info": {{Type: model.MetricTypeGauge, Help: "Information about the Go environment.", Unit: ""}},
 			},
+			responseAsJSON: `{"prometheus_engine_query_duration_seconds":[{"type":"summary","unit":"",
+"help":"Query timings"}], "go_info":[{"type":"gauge","unit":"",
+"help":"Information about the Go environment."}]}`,
 		},
 		// With duplicate metadata for a metric that comes from different targets.
 		{
@@ -1767,6 +1771,8 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 			response: map[string][]metadata.Metadata{
 				"go_threads": {{Type: model.MetricTypeGauge, Help: "Number of OS threads created"}},
 			},
+			responseAsJSON: `{"go_threads": [{"type":"gauge","unit":"",
+"help":"Number of OS threads created"}]}`,
 		},
 		// With non-duplicate metadata for the same metric from different targets.
 		{
@@ -1801,6 +1807,9 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 					{Type: model.MetricTypeGauge, Help: "Number of OS threads that were created."},
 				},
 			},
+			responseAsJSON: `{"go_threads": [{"type":"gauge","unit":"",
+"help":"Number of OS threads created"},{"type":"gauge","unit":"",
+"help":"Number of OS threads that were created."}]}`,
 			sorter: func(m interface{}) {
 				v := m.(map[string][]metadata.Metadata)["go_threads"]
 
@@ -1828,7 +1837,7 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 						{
 							Metric: "prometheus_engine_query_duration_seconds",
 							Type:   model.MetricTypeSummary,
-							Help:   "Query Timmings.",
+							Help:   "Query Timings.",
 							Unit:   "",
 						},
 					},
@@ -1884,6 +1893,7 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 					{Type: model.MetricTypeSummary, Help: "A summary of the GC invocation durations."},
 				},
 			},
+			responseAsJSON: `{"go_gc_duration_seconds":[{"help":"A summary of the GC invocation durations.","type":"summary","unit":""}],"go_threads": [{"type":"gauge","unit":"","help":"Number of OS threads created"}]}`,
 		},
 		// With a limit for the number of metadata per metric and per metric.
 		{
@@ -2007,6 +2017,7 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 					{Type: model.MetricTypeGauge, Help: "Number of OS threads that were created."},
 				},
 			},
+			responseAsJSON: `{"go_threads": [{"type":"gauge","unit":"","help":"Number of OS threads created"},{"type":"gauge","unit":"","help":"Number of OS threads that were created."}]}`,
 			sorter: func(m interface{}) {
 				v := m.(map[string][]metadata.Metadata)["go_threads"]
 
@@ -2880,6 +2891,12 @@ func testEndpoints(t *testing.T, api *API, tr *testTargetRetriever, es storage.E
 						}
 						assertAPIResponse(t, res.data, test.response)
 					}
+
+					if test.responseAsJSON != "" {
+						s, err := json.Marshal(res.data)
+						require.NoError(t, err)
+						require.JSONEq(t, test.responseAsJSON, string(s))
+					}
 				})
 			}
 		})