diff --git a/receiver/ntpreceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/ntpreceiver/documentation.md
index b999ef23396d..01463c1de0cf 100644
--- a/receiver/ntpreceiver/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/ntpreceiver/documentation.md
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ metrics:
 
 ### ntp.offset
 
-Time difference between local and NTP server clocks in seconds.
+Time difference between local and NTP server clocks
 
 | Unit | Metric Type | Value Type |
 | ---- | ----------- | ---------- |
-| s | Gauge | Double |
+| ns | Gauge | Int |
 
 ## Resource Attributes
 
diff --git a/receiver/ntpreceiver/generated_package_test.go b/receiver/ntpreceiver/generated_package_test.go
index 02b7cfbd4e87..4fd492418ffd 100644
--- a/receiver/ntpreceiver/generated_package_test.go
+++ b/receiver/ntpreceiver/generated_package_test.go
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 package ntpreceiver
 
 import (
-	"testing"
-
 	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
diff --git a/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go b/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
index 3c3db06adf0a..0b77e5ddfea6 100644
--- a/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
+++ b/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ type metricNtpOffset struct {
 // init fills ntp.offset metric with initial data.
 func (m *metricNtpOffset) init() {
 	m.data.SetName("ntp.offset")
-	m.data.SetDescription("Time difference between local and NTP server clocks in seconds.")
-	m.data.SetUnit("s")
+	m.data.SetDescription("Time difference between local and NTP server clocks")
+	m.data.SetUnit("ns")
 	m.data.SetEmptyGauge()
 }
 
-func (m *metricNtpOffset) recordDataPoint(start pcommon.Timestamp, ts pcommon.Timestamp, val float64) {
+func (m *metricNtpOffset) recordDataPoint(start pcommon.Timestamp, ts pcommon.Timestamp, val int64) {
 	if !m.config.Enabled {
 		return
 	}
 	dp := m.data.Gauge().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
 	dp.SetStartTimestamp(start)
 	dp.SetTimestamp(ts)
-	dp.SetDoubleValue(val)
+	dp.SetIntValue(val)
 }
 
 // updateCapacity saves max length of data point slices that will be used for the slice capacity.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (mb *MetricsBuilder) Emit(options ...ResourceMetricsOption) pmetric.Metrics
 }
 
 // RecordNtpOffsetDataPoint adds a data point to ntp.offset metric.
-func (mb *MetricsBuilder) RecordNtpOffsetDataPoint(ts pcommon.Timestamp, val float64) {
+func (mb *MetricsBuilder) RecordNtpOffsetDataPoint(ts pcommon.Timestamp, val int64) {
 	mb.metricNtpOffset.recordDataPoint(mb.startTime, ts, val)
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index 55106e571e49..4f92fc0d4c33 100644
--- a/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/ntpreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 					validatedMetrics["ntp.offset"] = true
 					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeGauge, ms.At(i).Type())
 					assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().Len())
-					assert.Equal(t, "Time difference between local and NTP server clocks in seconds.", ms.At(i).Description())
-					assert.Equal(t, "s", ms.At(i).Unit())
+					assert.Equal(t, "Time difference between local and NTP server clocks", ms.At(i).Description())
+					assert.Equal(t, "ns", ms.At(i).Unit())
 					dp := ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().At(0)
 					assert.Equal(t, start, dp.StartTimestamp())
 					assert.Equal(t, ts, dp.Timestamp())
-					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.NumberDataPointValueTypeDouble, dp.ValueType())
-					assert.InDelta(t, float64(1), dp.DoubleValue(), 0.01)
+					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.NumberDataPointValueTypeInt, dp.ValueType())
+					assert.Equal(t, int64(1), dp.IntValue())
 				}
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/receiver/ntpreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/ntpreceiver/metadata.yaml
index feded55ee316..f54de24bafdd 100644
--- a/receiver/ntpreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/ntpreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ resource_attributes:
 
 metrics:
   ntp.offset:
-    description: Time difference between local and NTP server clocks in seconds.
-    unit: "s"
+    description: Time difference between local and NTP server clocks
+    unit: "ns"
     gauge:
-      value_type: double
+      value_type: int
     enabled: true
 
 tests:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/receiver/ntpreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/ntpreceiver/receiver.go
index 4f0c4f359991..d52605431b46 100644
--- a/receiver/ntpreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/ntpreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ func (s *scraper) scrape(context.Context) (pmetric.Metrics, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return pmetric.Metrics{}, err
 	}
-	clockOffset := response.ClockOffset.Seconds()
-	s.mb.RecordNtpOffsetDataPoint(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.Now()), clockOffset)
+	s.mb.RecordNtpOffsetDataPoint(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.Now()), response.ClockOffset.Nanoseconds())
 	s.mb.NewResourceBuilder().SetNtpHost(s.endpoint)
 	return s.mb.Emit(), nil
 }