diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go
index a174c005037..b193d8254e0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go
@@ -107,13 +107,16 @@ func (h *middleware) createMeasures() {
 	h.counters = make(map[string]metric.Int64Counter)
 	h.valueRecorders = make(map[string]metric.Float64Histogram)
 
-	requestBytesCounter, err := h.meter.Int64Counter(RequestContentLength)
+	requestBytesCounter, err := h.meter.Int64Counter(RequestContentLength, metric.WithUnit("By"),
+		metric.WithDescription("Measures the size of HTTP request content length (uncompressed)"))
 	handleErr(err)
 
-	responseBytesCounter, err := h.meter.Int64Counter(ResponseContentLength)
+	responseBytesCounter, err := h.meter.Int64Counter(ResponseContentLength, metric.WithUnit("By"),
+		metric.WithDescription("Measures the size of HTTP response content length (uncompressed)"))
 	handleErr(err)
 
-	serverLatencyMeasure, err := h.meter.Float64Histogram(ServerLatency, metric.WithUnit("ms"))
+	serverLatencyMeasure, err := h.meter.Float64Histogram(ServerLatency, metric.WithUnit("ms"),
+		metric.WithDescription("Measures the duration of HTTP request handling"))
 	handleErr(err)
 
 	h.counters[RequestContentLength] = requestBytesCounter