diff --git a/modules/openvpn/README.md b/modules/openvpn/README.md
index ea999b23f..5568492aa 100644
--- a/modules/openvpn/README.md
+++ b/modules/openvpn/README.md
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ It produces the following charts:
 1. **Total Number Of Active Clients** in clients
  * clients
 
-2. **Total Traffic** in KiB/s
+2. **Total Traffic** in kilobits/s
  * in
  * out
  
 Per user charts (disabled by default, see `per_user_stats` in the module config file):
 
-1. **User Traffic** in KiB/s
+1. **User Traffic** in kilobits/s
  * received
  * sent
 
diff --git a/modules/openvpn/charts.go b/modules/openvpn/charts.go
index 7e8674cae..8dd5528aa 100644
--- a/modules/openvpn/charts.go
+++ b/modules/openvpn/charts.go
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ var charts = Charts{
 	{
 		ID:    "total_traffic",
 		Title: "Total Traffic",
-		Units: "KiB/s",
+		Units: "kilobits/s",
 		Fam:   "traffic",
 		Ctx:   "openvpn.total_traffic",
 		Type:  module.Area,
 		Dims: Dims{
-			{ID: "bytes_in", Name: "in", Algo: module.Incremental, Div: 1000},
-			{ID: "bytes_out", Name: "out", Algo: module.Incremental, Div: -1000},
+			{ID: "bytes_in", Name: "in", Algo: module.Incremental, Mul: 8, Div: 1000},
+			{ID: "bytes_out", Name: "out", Algo: module.Incremental, Mul: 8, Div: -1000},
 		},
 	},
 }
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ var userCharts = Charts{
 	{
 		ID:    "%s_user_traffic",
 		Title: "User Traffic",
-		Units: "KiB/s",
+		Units: "kilobits/s",
 		Fam:   "user %s",
 		Ctx:   "openvpn.user_traffic",
 		Type:  module.Area,
 		Dims: Dims{
-			{ID: "%s_bytes_received", Name: "received", Algo: module.Incremental, Div: 1000},
-			{ID: "%s_bytes_sent", Name: "sent", Algo: module.Incremental, Div: -1000},
+			{ID: "%s_bytes_received", Name: "received", Algo: module.Incremental, Mul: 8, Div: 1000},
+			{ID: "%s_bytes_sent", Name: "sent", Algo: module.Incremental, Mul: 8, Div: -1000},
 		},
 	},
 	{