diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index 3c6ecf3566..303d7974d0 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func newScrapePool(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, app Appendable, jitterSeed uint64,
 	sp.newLoop = func(opts scrapeLoopOptions) loop {
 		// Update the targets retrieval function for metadata to a new scrape cache.
 		cache := newScrapeCache()
-		opts.target.setMetadataStore(cache)
+		opts.target.SetMetadataStore(cache)
 
 		return newScrapeLoop(
 			ctx,
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ func (c *scrapeCache) setUnit(metric, unit []byte) {
 	c.metaMtx.Unlock()
 }
 
-func (c *scrapeCache) getMetadata(metric string) (MetricMetadata, bool) {
+func (c *scrapeCache) GetMetadata(metric string) (MetricMetadata, bool) {
 	c.metaMtx.Lock()
 	defer c.metaMtx.Unlock()
 
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ func (c *scrapeCache) getMetadata(metric string) (MetricMetadata, bool) {
 	}, true
 }
 
-func (c *scrapeCache) listMetadata() []MetricMetadata {
+func (c *scrapeCache) ListMetadata() []MetricMetadata {
 	c.metaMtx.Lock()
 	defer c.metaMtx.Unlock()
 
diff --git a/scrape/scrape_test.go b/scrape/scrape_test.go
index 406dd8c4cd..01788bef88 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape_test.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape_test.go
@@ -615,19 +615,19 @@ test_metric 1
 	testutil.Ok(t, err)
 	testutil.Equals(t, 1, total)
 
-	md, ok := cache.getMetadata("test_metric")
+	md, ok := cache.GetMetadata("test_metric")
 	testutil.Assert(t, ok, "expected metadata to be present")
 	testutil.Assert(t, textparse.MetricTypeCounter == md.Type, "unexpected metric type")
 	testutil.Equals(t, "some help text", md.Help)
 	testutil.Equals(t, "metric", md.Unit)
 
-	md, ok = cache.getMetadata("test_metric_no_help")
+	md, ok = cache.GetMetadata("test_metric_no_help")
 	testutil.Assert(t, ok, "expected metadata to be present")
 	testutil.Assert(t, textparse.MetricTypeGauge == md.Type, "unexpected metric type")
 	testutil.Equals(t, "", md.Help)
 	testutil.Equals(t, "", md.Unit)
 
-	md, ok = cache.getMetadata("test_metric_no_type")
+	md, ok = cache.GetMetadata("test_metric_no_type")
 	testutil.Assert(t, ok, "expected metadata to be present")
 	testutil.Assert(t, textparse.MetricTypeUnknown == md.Type, "unexpected metric type")
 	testutil.Equals(t, "other help text", md.Help)
diff --git a/scrape/target.go b/scrape/target.go
index d3a6a379e5..a6955d3ffd 100644
--- a/scrape/target.go
+++ b/scrape/target.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type Target struct {
 	lastScrape         time.Time
 	lastScrapeDuration time.Duration
 	health             TargetHealth
-	metadata           metricMetadataStore
+	metadata           MetricMetadataStore
 }
 
 // NewTarget creates a reasonably configured target for querying.
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ func (t *Target) String() string {
 	return t.URL().String()
 }
 
-type metricMetadataStore interface {
-	listMetadata() []MetricMetadata
-	getMetadata(metric string) (MetricMetadata, bool)
+type MetricMetadataStore interface {
+	ListMetadata() []MetricMetadata
+	GetMetadata(metric string) (MetricMetadata, bool)
 }
 
 // MetricMetadata is a piece of metadata for a metric.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (t *Target) MetadataList() []MetricMetadata {
 	if t.metadata == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return t.metadata.listMetadata()
+	return t.metadata.ListMetadata()
 }
 
 // Metadata returns type and help metadata for the given metric.
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ func (t *Target) Metadata(metric string) (MetricMetadata, bool) {
 	if t.metadata == nil {
 		return MetricMetadata{}, false
 	}
-	return t.metadata.getMetadata(metric)
+	return t.metadata.GetMetadata(metric)
 }
 
-func (t *Target) setMetadataStore(s metricMetadataStore) {
+func (t *Target) SetMetadataStore(s MetricMetadataStore) {
 	t.mtx.Lock()
 	defer t.mtx.Unlock()
 	t.metadata = s