diff --git a/cmd/mt-store-cat/main.go b/cmd/mt-store-cat/main.go
index 99ba853891..807fcf7d5c 100644
--- a/cmd/mt-store-cat/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mt-store-cat/main.go
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ var (
 	confFile    = flag.String("config", "/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini", "configuration file path")
 
 	// our own flags
-	from        = flag.String("from", "-24h", "get data from (inclusive). only for points and points-summary format")
-	to          = flag.String("to", "now", "get data until (exclusive). only for points and points-summary format")
-	fix         = flag.Int("fix", 0, "fix data to this interval like metrictank does quantization. only for points and points-summary format")
-	printTs     = flag.Bool("print-ts", false, "print time stamps instead of formatted dates. only for points and poins-summary format")
-	groupTTL    = flag.String("groupTTL", "d", "group chunks in TTL buckets based on s (second. means unbucketed), m (minute), h (hour) or d (day). only for chunk-summary format")
+	from        = flag.String("from", "-24h", "get data from (inclusive). only for points and point-summary format")
+	to          = flag.String("to", "now", "get data until (exclusive). only for points and point-summary format")
+	fix         = flag.Int("fix", 0, "fix data to this interval like metrictank does quantization. only for points and point-summary format")
+	printTs     = flag.Bool("print-ts", false, "print time stamps instead of formatted dates. only for points and point-summary format")
+	groupTTL    = flag.String("groupTTL", "d", "group chunks in TTL buckets: s (second. means unbucketed), m (minute), h (hour) or d (day). only for chunk-summary format")
 	timeZoneStr = flag.String("time-zone", "local", "time-zone to use for interpreting from/to when needed. (check your config)")
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/mt-store-cat/metrics.go b/cmd/mt-store-cat/metrics.go
index 4daa4be474..fbd19d7151 100644
--- a/cmd/mt-store-cat/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/mt-store-cat/metrics.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (m MetricsByName) Less(i, j int) bool { return m[i].name < m[j].name }
 // prefix is optional
 func getMetrics(store *cassandra.CassandraStore, prefix string) ([]Metric, error) {
 	var metrics []Metric
-	iter := store.Session.Query("select id, metric from metric_idx").Iter()
+	iter := store.Session.Query("select id, name from metric_idx").Iter()
 	var m Metric
 	var idString string
 	for iter.Scan(&idString, &m.name) {
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ func getMetrics(store *cassandra.CassandraStore, prefix string) ([]Metric, error
 func getMetric(store *cassandra.CassandraStore, amkey schema.AMKey) ([]Metric, error) {
 	var metrics []Metric
 	// index only stores MKey's, not AMKey's.
-	iter := store.Session.Query("select id, metric from metric_idx where id=? ALLOW FILTERING", amkey.MKey).Iter()
+	iter := store.Session.Query("select id, name from metric_idx where id=? ALLOW FILTERING", amkey.MKey.String()).Iter()
 	var m Metric
 	var idString string
-	for iter.Scan(idString, &m.name) {
+	for iter.Scan(&idString, &m.name) {
 		mkey, err := schema.MKeyFromString(idString)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
diff --git a/docs/tools.md b/docs/tools.md
index 7cfcc55f97..66b314e3a6 100644
--- a/docs/tools.md
+++ b/docs/tools.md
@@ -387,17 +387,17 @@ Flags:
   -cql-protocol-version int
     	cql protocol version to use (default 4)
   -fix int
-    	fix data to this interval like metrictank does quantization. only for points and points-summary format
+    	fix data to this interval like metrictank does quantization. only for points and point-summary format
   -from string
-    	get data from (inclusive). only for points and points-summary format (default "-24h")
+    	get data from (inclusive). only for points and point-summary format (default "-24h")
   -groupTTL string
-    	group chunks in TTL buckets based on s (second. means unbucketed), m (minute), h (hour) or d (day). only for chunk-summary format (default "d")
+    	group chunks in TTL buckets: s (second. means unbucketed), m (minute), h (hour) or d (day). only for chunk-summary format (default "d")
   -print-ts
-    	print time stamps instead of formatted dates. only for points and poins-summary format
+    	print time stamps instead of formatted dates. only for points and point-summary format
   -time-zone string
     	time-zone to use for interpreting from/to when needed. (check your config) (default "local")
   -to string
-    	get data until (exclusive). only for points and points-summary format (default "now")
+    	get data until (exclusive). only for points and point-summary format (default "now")
   -version
     	print version string
   -window-factor int
diff --git a/scripts/config/schema-idx-cassandra.toml b/scripts/config/schema-idx-cassandra.toml
index e63b7b32c1..1ea97c6d43 100644
--- a/scripts/config/schema-idx-cassandra.toml
+++ b/scripts/config/schema-idx-cassandra.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.metric_idx (
     orgid int,
     partition int,
     name text,
-    metric text,
     interval int,
     unit text,
     mtype text,