diff --git a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/CHANGELOG.md b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/CHANGELOG.md
index ca7192e9..88aa1d30 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
 
+### Added
+
+- Users can now configure the number of buckets, and bucket widths, for rolling summaries. ([#444](https://github.com/metrics-rs/metrics/pull/444))
+
 ## [0.13.1] - 2024-02-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs
index 49c22c4f..1877a3c8 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs
+++ b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs
@@ -244,13 +244,25 @@ impl PrometheusBuilder {
         Ok(self)
     }
 
-    /// Sets the default bucket duration for rolling summaries
+    /// Sets the bucket width when using summaries.
     ///
-    /// Buckets will be cleared after this interval expires
+    /// Summaries are rolling, which means that they are divided into buckets of a fixed duration
+    /// (width), and older buckets are dropped as they age out. This means data from a period as
+    /// large as the width will be dropped at a time.
+    ///
+    /// The total amount of data kept for a summary is the number of buckets times the bucket width.
+    /// For example, a bucket count of 3 and a bucket width of 20 seconds would mean that 60 seconds
+    /// of data is kept at most, with the oldest 20 second chunk of data being dropped as the
+    /// summary rolls forward.
+    ///
+    /// Use more buckets with a smaller width to roll off smaller amounts of data at a time, or
+    /// fewer buckets with a larger width to roll it off in larger chunks.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to 20 seconds.
     ///
     /// ## Errors
     ///
-    /// If `value` less than 1 error will be thrown
+    /// If the duration given is zero, an error variant will be thrown.
     pub fn set_bucket_duration(mut self, value: Duration) -> Result<Self, BuildError> {
         if value.is_zero() {
             return Err(BuildError::ZeroBucketDuration);
@@ -260,9 +272,22 @@ impl PrometheusBuilder {
         Ok(self)
     }
 
-    /// Sets the default bucket count for rolling summaries
+    /// Sets the bucket count when using summaries.
+    ///
+    /// Summaries are rolling, which means that they are divided into buckets of a fixed duration
+    /// (width), and older buckets are dropped as they age out. This means data from a period as
+    /// large as the width will be dropped at a time.
     ///
-    /// Count number buckets are created to store summary information
+    /// The total amount of data kept for a summary is the number of buckets times the bucket width.
+    /// For example, a bucket count of 3 and a bucket width of 20 seconds would mean that 60 seconds
+    /// of data is kept at most, with the oldest 20 second chunk of data being dropped as the
+    /// summary rolls forward.
+    ///
+    /// Use more buckets with a smaller width to roll off smaller amounts of data at a time, or
+    /// fewer buckets with a larger width to roll it off in larger chunks.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to 3.
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn set_bucket_count(mut self, count: NonZeroU32) -> Self {
         self.bucket_count = Some(count);
         self
diff --git a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/distribution.rs b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/distribution.rs
index 83a3b4d1..5a8d0f0b 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/distribution.rs
+++ b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/distribution.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ use crate::common::Matcher;
 
 use metrics_util::{Histogram, Quantile, Summary};
 
-const DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_COUNT: u32 = 3;
-const DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_DURATION: u64 = 20;
+const DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_COUNT: NonZeroU32 = match NonZeroU32::new(3) {
+    Some(v) => v,
+    None => [][0],
+};
+const DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
 
 /// Distribution type.
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -107,11 +110,8 @@ impl DistributionBuilder {
             return Distribution::new_histogram(buckets);
         }
 
-        let b_duration = self
-            .bucket_duration
-            .map_or(Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_DURATION), |d| d);
-        let b_count =
-            self.bucket_count.map_or(NonZeroU32::new(DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_COUNT).unwrap(), |c| c);
+        let b_duration = self.bucket_duration.map_or(DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_DURATION, |d| d);
+        let b_count = self.bucket_count.map_or(DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_COUNT, |c| c);
 
         Distribution::new_summary(self.quantiles.clone(), b_duration, b_count)
     }
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@ pub struct RollingSummary {
 
 impl Default for RollingSummary {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        RollingSummary::new(
-            NonZeroU32::new(DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_COUNT).unwrap(),
-            Duration::from_secs(20),
-        )
+        RollingSummary::new(DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_COUNT, DEFAULT_SUMMARY_BUCKET_DURATION)
     }
 }