diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/rest/job/RestGetJobsAction.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/rest/job/RestGetJobsAction.java
index fa5d1e6c0e0..d5e5d3f957a 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/rest/job/RestGetJobsAction.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/rest/job/RestGetJobsAction.java
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ public class RestGetJobsAction extends BaseRestHandler {
         controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.GET, PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/{" + Job.ID.getPreferredName() + "}/_stats",
                 this);
         controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.GET,
-                PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/{" + Job.ID.getPreferredName() + "}/{metric}/_stats", this);
+                PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/{" + Job.ID.getPreferredName() + "}/_stats/{metric}", this);
         controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.GET, PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/_stats", this);
 
         // POSTs
         controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.POST, PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/{" + Job.ID.getPreferredName() + "}/_stats",
                 this);
         controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.POST,
-                PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/{" + Job.ID.getPreferredName() + "}/{metric}/_stats", this);
+                PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/{" + Job.ID.getPreferredName() + "}/_stats/{metric}", this);
         controller.registerHandler(RestRequest.Method.POST, PrelertPlugin.BASE_PATH + "jobs/_stats", this);
     }
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json
index 79a124fac7f..dce1f3ee5b1 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.prelert.get_jobs.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       "paths": [
         "/_xpack/prelert/jobs/_stats",
         "/_xpack/prelert/jobs/{job_id}/_stats",
-        "/_xpack/prelert/jobs/{job_id}/{metric}/_stats"
+        "/_xpack/prelert/jobs/{job_id}/_stats/{metric}"
       ],
       "parts": {
         "job_id": {