diff --git a/collector/ad.go b/collector/ad.go
index c27511fd..d93d598a 100644
--- a/collector/ad.go
+++ b/collector/ad.go
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ func (c *ADCollector) collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (*prometheus.Desc, er
 	)
 	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 		c.LdapClientSessions,
-		prometheus.CounterValue,
+		prometheus.GaugeValue,
 		float64(dst[0].LDAPClientSessions),
 	)
 
diff --git a/docs/collector.ad.md b/docs/collector.ad.md
index 9ae159b9..c67e61e9 100644
--- a/docs/collector.ad.md
+++ b/docs/collector.ad.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Name | Description | Type | Labels
 `windows_ad_ldap_searches_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
 `windows_ad_ldap_udp_operations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
 `windows_ad_ldap_writes_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
+`windows_ad_ldap_client_sessions` | | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
 `windows_ad_link_values_cleaned_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
 `windows_ad_phantom_objects_cleaned_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
 `windows_ad_phantom_objects_visited_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None