diff --git a/collector/mssql.go b/collector/mssql.go
index d68d33667..b205f5721 100644
--- a/collector/mssql.go
+++ b/collector/mssql.go
@@ -1810,84 +1810,84 @@ func NewMSSQLCollector() (Collector, error) {
 		WaitStatsLockWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_lock_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.LockWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsMemoryGrantQueueWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_memory_grant_queue_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.MemoryGrantQueueWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsThreadSafeMemoryObjectsWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_thread_safe_memory_objects_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.ThreadSafeMemoryObjectsWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsLogWriteWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_log_write_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.LogWriteWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsLogBufferWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_log_buffer_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.LogBufferWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsNetworkIOWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_network_io_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.NetworkIOWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsPageIOLatchWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_page_io_latch_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.PageIOLatchWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsPageLatchWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_page_latch_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.PageLatchWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsNonpageLatchWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_nonpage_latch_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.NonpageLatchWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsWaitForTheWorkerWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_wait_for_the_worker_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.WaitForTheWorkerWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsWorkspaceSynchronizationWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_workspace_synchronization_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.WorkspaceSynchronizationWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
 		WaitStatsTransactionOwnershipWaits: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(Namespace, subsystem, "waitstats_transaction_ownership_waits"),
 			"(WaitStats.TransactionOwnershipWaits)",
-			[]string{"mssql_instance", "resource"},
+			[]string{"mssql_instance", "item"},
 			nil,
 		),
 
@@ -3860,90 +3860,90 @@ func (c *MSSQLCollector) collectWaitStats(ctx *ScrapeContext, ch chan<- promethe
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range dst {
-		resource := v.Name
+		item := v.Name
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsLockWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsLockWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsMemoryGrantQueueWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsMemoryGrantQueueWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsThreadSafeMemoryObjectsWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsThreadSafeMemoryObjectsWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsLogWriteWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsLogWriteWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsLogBufferWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsLogBufferWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsNetworkIOWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsNetworkIOWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsPageIOLatchWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsPageIOLatchWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsPageLatchWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsPageLatchWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsNonpageLatchWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsNonpageLatchWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsWaitForTheWorkerWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsWaitForTheWorkerWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsWorkspaceSynchronizationWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsWorkspaceSynchronizationWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.WaitStatsTransactionOwnershipWaits,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			v.WaitStatsTransactionOwnershipWaits,
-			sqlInstance, resource,
+			sqlInstance, item,
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/docs/collector.mssql.md b/docs/collector.mssql.md
index f47c02566..ab440c2ae 100644
--- a/docs/collector.mssql.md
+++ b/docs/collector.mssql.md
@@ -244,18 +244,18 @@ Name | Description | Type | Labels
 `windows_mssql_transactions_version_store_units` | The number of active allocation units in the snapshot isolation version store in tempdb | counter | `mssql_instance`
 `windows_mssql_transactions_version_store_creation_units` | The number of allocation units that have been created in the snapshot isolation store since the instance of the Database Engine was started | counter | `mssql_instance`
 `windows_mssql_transactions_version_store_truncation_units` | The number of allocation units that have been removed from the snapshot isolation store since the instance of the Database Engine was started | counter | `mssql_instance`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_lock_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_memory_grant_queue_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_thread_safe_memory_objects_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_log_write_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_log_buffer_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_network_io_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_page_io_latch_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_page_latch_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_nonpage_latch_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_wait_for_the_worker_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_workspace_synchronization_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
-`windows_mssql_waitstats_transaction_ownership_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock... | counter | `mssql_instance`, `resource`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_lock_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on a lock | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_memory_grant_queue_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting for memory grant to become available | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_thread_safe_memory_objects_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting on thread-safe memory allocators | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_log_write_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting for log buffer to be written | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_log_buffer_waits` | Statistics for processes waiting for log buffer to be available | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_network_io_waits` | Statistics relevant to wait on network I/O | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_page_io_latch_waits` | Statistics relevant to page I/O latches | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_page_latch_waits` | Statistics relevant to page latches, not including I/O latches | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_nonpage_latch_waits` | Statistics relevant to non-page latches | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_wait_for_the_worker_waits` | Statistics relevant to processes waiting for worker to become available | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_workspace_synchronization_waits` | Statistics relevant to processes synchronizing access to workspace | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
+`windows_mssql_waitstats_transaction_ownership_waits` | Statistics relevant to processes synchronizing access to transaction | counter | `mssql_instance`, `item`
 
 ### Example metric
 _This collector does not yet have explained examples, we would appreciate your help adding them!_