diff --git a/semantic_conventions/metrics/process-runtime-jvm-metrics.yaml b/semantic_conventions/metrics/process-runtime-jvm-metrics.yaml
index 19978463e..7efbdb824 100644
--- a/semantic_conventions/metrics/process-runtime-jvm-metrics.yaml
+++ b/semantic_conventions/metrics/process-runtime-jvm-metrics.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ groups:
     metric_name: process.runtime.jvm.gc.duration
     brief: "Duration of JVM garbage collection actions."
     instrument: histogram
-    unit: "ms"
+    unit: "s"
     attributes:
       - id: gc
         type: string
diff --git a/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/runtime-environment-metrics.md b/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/runtime-environment-metrics.md
index 61dc41501..85058b9a0 100644
--- a/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/runtime-environment-metrics.md
+++ b/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/runtime-environment-metrics.md
@@ -209,10 +209,14 @@ This metric is [recommended](../metric-requirement-level.md#recommended).
 
 This metric is [recommended](../metric-requirement-level.md#recommended).
 
+This metric SHOULD be specified with
+[`ExplicitBucketBoundaries`](../../metrics/api.md#instrument-advice)
+of `[]` (single bucket histogram capturing count, sum, min, max).
+
 <!-- semconv metric.process.runtime.jvm.gc.duration(metric_table) -->
 | Name     | Instrument Type | Unit (UCUM) | Description    |
 | -------- | --------------- | ----------- | -------------- |
-| `process.runtime.jvm.gc.duration` | Histogram | `ms` | Duration of JVM garbage collection actions. |
+| `process.runtime.jvm.gc.duration` | Histogram | `s` | Duration of JVM garbage collection actions. |
 <!-- endsemconv -->
 
 <!-- semconv metric.process.runtime.jvm.gc.duration(full) -->