diff --git a/doc/source/strategies/vm_workload_consolidation.rst b/doc/source/strategies/vm_workload_consolidation.rst
index a5ef4ed38..790c25cd4 100644
--- a/doc/source/strategies/vm_workload_consolidation.rst
+++ b/doc/source/strategies/vm_workload_consolidation.rst
@@ -22,20 +22,12 @@ The *vm_workload_consolidation* strategy requires the following metrics:
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 metric                       service name plugins comment
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+``cpu_util``                 ceilometer_  none
+``memory.resident``          ceilometer_  none
 ``memory``                   ceilometer_  none
 ``disk.root.size``           ceilometer_  none
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-The following metrics are not required but increase the accuracy of
-the strategy if available:
-
-============================ ============ ======= =======
-metric                       service name plugins comment
-============================ ============ ======= =======
-``memory.resident``          ceilometer_  none
-``cpu_util``                 ceilometer_  none
-============================ ============ ======= =======
-
 .. _ceilometer: https://docs.openstack.org/ceilometer/latest/admin/telemetry-measurements.html#openstack-compute
 
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