diff --git a/xprom/xpromkafka/collector.go b/xprom/xpromkafka/collector.go
index 0a33d9a..0b99b3b 100644
--- a/xprom/xpromkafka/collector.go
+++ b/xprom/xpromkafka/collector.go
@@ -38,17 +38,8 @@ type Collector struct {
 	consumed  *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
-// RegisterCollector creates and registers a new Collector with the
-// provided registerer.
-func RegisterCollector(r prometheus.Registerer, opts ...Option) *Collector {
-	c := newCollector(opts...)
-
-	r.MustRegister(c.duration, c.inflight, c.published, c.consumed)
-
-	return c
-}
-
-func newCollector(opts ...Option) *Collector {
+// NewCollector creates a new Collector.
+func NewCollector(opts ...Option) *Collector {
 	o := options{
 		latencyBuckets: defaultLatencyBuckets,
 	}
@@ -121,6 +112,27 @@ func newCollector(opts ...Option) *Collector {
 	}
 }
 
+// Register registers the metrics with the provided registry.
+func (c *Collector) Register(registry prometheus.Registerer) error {
+	if err := registry.Register(c.duration); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := registry.Register(c.inflight); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := registry.Register(c.published); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := registry.Register(c.consumed); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ConsumerMiddleware returns a middleware that instruments xkafka.Consumer.
 // Options passed to this function will override the Collector options.
 func (c *Collector) ConsumerMiddleware(opts ...Option) xkafka.MiddlewareFunc {
diff --git a/xprom/xpromkafka/collector_test.go b/xprom/xpromkafka/collector_test.go
index d58ac7f..26b715e 100644
--- a/xprom/xpromkafka/collector_test.go
+++ b/xprom/xpromkafka/collector_test.go
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ func TestConsumerMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	collector := RegisterCollector(
-		reg,
+	collector := NewCollector(
 		LatencyBuckets{0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5},
 	)
 
+	collector.Register(reg)
+
 	instrumentedHandler := collector.ConsumerMiddleware(
 		Address("localhost"),
 		Port(9092),
@@ -80,11 +81,12 @@ func TestProducerMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	collector := RegisterCollector(
-		reg,
+	collector := NewCollector(
 		LatencyBuckets{0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5},
 	)
 
+	collector.Register(reg)
+
 	instrumentedHandler := collector.ProducerMiddleware(
 		Address("localhost"),
 		Port(9092),
diff --git a/xprom/xpromkafka/example_test.go b/xprom/xpromkafka/example_test.go
index ec64ac3..01e2b6a 100644
--- a/xprom/xpromkafka/example_test.go
+++ b/xprom/xpromkafka/example_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ func ExampleCollector_ConsumerMiddleware() {
 	)
 
 	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	collector := xpromkafka.RegisterCollector(
-		reg,
+	collector := xpromkafka.NewCollector(
 		xpromkafka.LatencyBuckets{0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5},
 		xpromkafka.Address("localhost:9092"),
 		xpromkafka.ErrorClassifer(func(err error) string {
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ func ExampleCollector_ConsumerMiddleware() {
 		}),
 	)
 
+	collector.Register(reg)
 	consumer.Use(collector.ConsumerMiddleware())
 
 	// Start consuming messages.
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ func ExampleCollector_ConsumerMiddleware() {
 
 func ExampleCollector_ConsumerMiddleware_multipleConsumers() {
 	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	collector := xpromkafka.RegisterCollector(
-		reg,
+	collector := xpromkafka.NewCollector(
 		xpromkafka.LatencyBuckets{0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5},
 		xpromkafka.ErrorClassifer(func(err error) string {
 			// Classify errors.
@@ -49,6 +48,8 @@ func ExampleCollector_ConsumerMiddleware_multipleConsumers() {
 		}),
 	)
 
+	collector.Register(reg)
+
 	consumer1, _ := xkafka.NewConsumer(
 		"test-group-1",
 		handler,
@@ -81,8 +82,7 @@ func ExampleCollector_ProducerMiddleware() {
 	)
 
 	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	collector := xpromkafka.RegisterCollector(
-		reg,
+	collector := xpromkafka.NewCollector(
 		xpromkafka.LatencyBuckets{0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5},
 		xpromkafka.Address("localhost:9092"),
 		xpromkafka.ErrorClassifer(func(err error) string {
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ func ExampleCollector_ProducerMiddleware() {
 		}),
 	)
 
+	collector.Register(reg)
+
 	producer.Use(collector.ProducerMiddleware())
 
 	// Produce messages.
@@ -98,8 +100,7 @@ func ExampleCollector_ProducerMiddleware() {
 
 func ExampleCollector_ProducerMiddleware_multipleProducers() {
 	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	collector := xpromkafka.RegisterCollector(
-		reg,
+	collector := xpromkafka.NewCollector(
 		xpromkafka.LatencyBuckets{0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5},
 		xpromkafka.ErrorClassifer(func(err error) string {
 			// Classify errors.
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ func ExampleCollector_ProducerMiddleware_multipleProducers() {
 		}),
 	)
 
+	collector.Register(reg)
+
 	producer1, _ := xkafka.NewProducer(
 		"test-publisher-1",
 		xkafka.Brokers{"localhost:9092"},