diff --git a/receiver/memcachedreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/memcachedreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 7fc86e249631e..6c1f73a9e3526 100644
--- a/receiver/memcachedreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/memcachedreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -15,36 +15,36 @@ attributes:
     description: The type of command.
     type: string
     enum:
-    - get
-    - set
-    - flush
-    - touch
+      - get
+      - set
+      - flush
+      - touch
   direction:
     description: Direction of data flow.
     type: string
     enum:
-    - sent
-    - received
-  type:
-    description: Result of cache request.
-    type: string
-    enum:
-    - hit
-    - miss
+      - sent
+      - received
   operation:
     description: The type of operation.
     type: string
     enum:
-    - increment
-    - decrement
-    - get
+      - increment
+      - decrement
+      - get
   state:
     description: The type of CPU usage.
     type: string
     enum:
-    - system
-    - user
+      - system
+      - user
 
+  type:
+    description: Result of cache request.
+    type: string
+    enum:
+      - hit
+      - miss
 metrics:
   memcached.bytes:
     enabled: true
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ metrics:
     gauge:
       value_type: int
     attributes: []
+  memcached.commands:
+    enabled: true
+    description: Commands executed.
+    stability:
+      level: development
+    unit: "{commands}"
+    sum:
+      value_type: int
+      monotonic: true
+      aggregation_temporality: cumulative
+    attributes: [command]
   memcached.connections.current:
     enabled: true
     description: The current number of open connections.
@@ -77,17 +88,17 @@ metrics:
       monotonic: true
       aggregation_temporality: cumulative
     attributes: []
-  memcached.commands:
+  memcached.cpu.usage:
     enabled: true
-    description: Commands executed.
+    description: Accumulated user and system time.
     stability:
       level: development
-    unit: "{commands}"
+    unit: s
     sum:
-      value_type: int
+      value_type: double
       monotonic: true
       aggregation_temporality: cumulative
-    attributes: [command]
+    attributes: [state]
   memcached.current_items:
     enabled: true
     description: Number of items currently stored in the cache.
@@ -121,17 +132,6 @@ metrics:
       monotonic: true
       aggregation_temporality: cumulative
     attributes: [direction]
-  memcached.operations:
-    enabled: true
-    description:  Operation counts.
-    stability:
-      level: development
-    unit: "{operations}"
-    sum:
-      value_type: int
-      monotonic: true
-      aggregation_temporality: cumulative
-    attributes: [type,operation]
   memcached.operation_hit_ratio:
     enabled: true
     description: Hit ratio for operations, expressed as a percentage value between 0.0 and 100.0.
@@ -141,17 +141,17 @@ metrics:
     gauge:
       value_type: double
     attributes: [operation]
-  memcached.cpu.usage:
+  memcached.operations:
     enabled: true
-    description: Accumulated user and system time.
+    description: Operation counts.
     stability:
       level: development
-    unit: s
+    unit: "{operations}"
     sum:
-      value_type: double
+      value_type: int
       monotonic: true
       aggregation_temporality: cumulative
-    attributes: [state]
+    attributes: [type, operation]
   memcached.threads:
     enabled: true
     description: Number of threads used by the memcached instance.