diff --git a/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml b/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml
index cc12a09152..2b3a8e39b5 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ spec:
           name: telemetry
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /
+            path: /metrics
             port: 8081
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 5
diff --git a/examples/daemonsetsharding/daemonset.yaml b/examples/daemonsetsharding/daemonset.yaml
index 897a296848..e856c673f7 100644
--- a/examples/daemonsetsharding/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/daemonsetsharding/daemonset.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spec:
           name: telemetry
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /
+            path: /metrics
             port: 8081
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 5
diff --git a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
index c5995a30d1..8f6e7b4482 100644
--- a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
+++ b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
           name: telemetry
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /
+            path: /metrics
             port: 8081
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 5
diff --git a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment.yaml b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment.yaml
index 2973ddc2fb..3b51b034d6 100644
--- a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
           name: telemetry
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /
+            path: /metrics
             port: 8081
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 5
diff --git a/examples/standard/deployment.yaml b/examples/standard/deployment.yaml
index 3f6ce8bc21..ce74e4fbf9 100644
--- a/examples/standard/deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/standard/deployment.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ spec:
           name: telemetry
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /
+            path: /metrics
             port: 8081
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 5
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index e392152dfe..82695482b4 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
       } },
       readinessProbe: { timeoutSeconds: 5, initialDelaySeconds: 5, httpGet: {
         port: 8081,
-        path: '/',
+        path: '/metrics',
       } },
     };