diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterSourceImpl.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterSourceImpl.java
index 5e06f61082de..2dbdeff0dd49 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterSourceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterSourceImpl.java
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ public void getMetrics(MetricsCollector metricsCollector, boolean all) {
           masterWrapper.getNumDeadRegionServers())
         .tag(Interns.info(DRAINING_REGION_SERVER_NAME, DRAINING_REGION_SERVER_DESC),
           masterWrapper.getDrainingRegionServers())
-        .addGauge(Interns.info(NUM_DRAINING_REGION_SERVERS_NAME, NUMBER_OF_REGION_SERVERS_DESC),
+        .addGauge(
+          Interns.info(NUM_DRAINING_REGION_SERVERS_NAME, NUMBER_OF_DRAINING_REGION_SERVERS_DESC),
           masterWrapper.getNumDrainingRegionServers())
         .tag(Interns.info(ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM_NAME, ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM_DESC),
           masterWrapper.getZookeeperQuorum())
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterMetricsWrapper.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterMetricsWrapper.java
index 7a1d05e5725b..c37cbc773452 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterMetricsWrapper.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterMetricsWrapper.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public static void teardown() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testInfo() {
+  public void testInfo() throws IOException {
     HMaster master = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getMaster();
     MetricsMasterWrapperImpl info = new MetricsMasterWrapperImpl(master);
     assertEquals(master.getRegionNormalizerManager().getSplitPlanCount(), info.getSplitPlanCount(),
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ public void testInfo() {
     // now we do not expose this information as WALProcedureStore is not the only ProcedureStore
     // implementation any more.
     assertEquals(0, info.getNumWALFiles());
+    // We decommission the first online region server and verify the metrics.
+    TEST_UTIL.getMiniHBaseCluster().getMaster().decommissionRegionServers(
+      master.getServerManager().getOnlineServersList().subList(0, 1), false);
+    assertEquals(1, info.getNumDrainingRegionServers());
+    assertEquals(master.getServerManager().getOnlineServersList().get(0).toString(),
+      info.getDrainingRegionServers());
   }
 
   @Test