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 `collectDefaultMetrics` optionally accepts a config object with following entries:
 
 - `prefix` an optional prefix for metric names. Default: no prefix.
-- `register` to which metrics should be registered. Default: the global default registry.
+- `register` to which registry the metrics should be registered. Default: the global default registry.
 - `gcDurationBuckets` with custom buckets for GC duration histogram. Default buckets of GC duration histogram are `[0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 2, 5]` (in seconds).
 - `eventLoopMonitoringPrecision` with sampling rate in milliseconds. Must be greater than zero. Default: 10.