diff --git a/pkg/logql/metrics.go b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
index 4627e05622e15..871cea3e6d944 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package logql
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@ func RecordMetrics(ctx context.Context, p Params, status string, stats stats.Res
 		"step", p.Step(),
 		"duration", time.Duration(int64(stats.Summary.ExecTime*float64(time.Second))),
 		"status", status,
-		"throughput_mb", float64(stats.Summary.BytesProcessedPerSecond)/1e6,
-		"total_bytes_mb", float64(stats.Summary.TotalBytesProcessed)/1e6,
+		"throughput", strings.Replace(humanize.Bytes(uint64(stats.Summary.BytesProcessedPerSecond)), " ", "", 1),
+		"total_bytes", strings.Replace(humanize.Bytes(uint64(stats.Summary.TotalBytesProcessed)), " ", "", 1),
 	)
 
 	bytesPerSecond.WithLabelValues(status, queryType, rt, latencyType).
diff --git a/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go b/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go
index e0d2064f85d53..ea75d36f454a2 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestLogSlowQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	require.Equal(t,
 		fmt.Sprintf(
-			"level=info org_id=foo traceID=%s latency=slow query=\"{foo=\\\"bar\\\"} |= \\\"buzz\\\"\" query_type=filter range_type=range length=1h0m0s step=1m0s duration=25.25s status=200 throughput_mb=0.1 total_bytes_mb=0.1\n",
+			"level=info org_id=foo traceID=%s latency=slow query=\"{foo=\\\"bar\\\"} |= \\\"buzz\\\"\" query_type=filter range_type=range length=1h0m0s step=1m0s duration=25.25s status=200 throughput=100kB total_bytes=100kB\n",
 			sp.Context().(jaeger.SpanContext).SpanID().String(),
 		),
 		buf.String())