diff --git a/example/mixin/alerts.yaml b/example/mixin/alerts.yaml
index 92fc1f2a2..c4fcb1d0f 100644
--- a/example/mixin/alerts.yaml
+++ b/example/mixin/alerts.yaml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ groups:
       severity: warning
   - alert: PrometheusOperatorReconcileErrors
     annotations:
-      description: Errors while reconciling {{ $labels.controller }} in {{ $labels.namespace
-        }} Namespace.
+      description: '{{ $value | humanizePercentage }} of reconciling operations failed
+        for {{ $labels.controller }} controller in {{ $labels.namespace }} namespace.'
       summary: Errors while reconciling controller.
     expr: |
-      rate(prometheus_operator_reconcile_errors_total{job="prometheus-operator"}[5m]) > 0.1
+      (sum by (controller,namespace) (rate(prometheus_operator_reconcile_errors_total{job="prometheus-operator"}[5m])) / (sum by (controller,namespace) (rate(prometheus_operator_reconcile_operations_total{job="prometheus-operator"}[5m])) > 0.1
     for: 10m
     labels:
       severity: warning
diff --git a/jsonnet/mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet b/jsonnet/mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
index 7e0d328ab..7782f7646 100644
--- a/jsonnet/mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
           {
             alert: 'PrometheusOperatorReconcileErrors',
             expr: |||
-              rate(prometheus_operator_reconcile_errors_total{%(prometheusOperatorSelector)s}[5m]) > 0.1
+              (sum by (controller,namespace) (rate(prometheus_operator_reconcile_errors_total{%(prometheusOperatorSelector)s}[5m])) / (sum by (controller,namespace) (rate(prometheus_operator_reconcile_operations_total{%(prometheusOperatorSelector)s}[5m])) > 0.1
             ||| % $._config,
             labels: {
               severity: 'warning',
             },
             annotations: {
-              description: 'Errors while reconciling {{ $labels.controller }} in {{ $labels.namespace }} Namespace.',
+              description: '{{ $value | humanizePercentage }} of reconciling operations failed for {{ $labels.controller }} controller in {{ $labels.namespace }} namespace.',
               summary: 'Errors while reconciling controller.',
             },
             'for': '10m',
diff --git a/pkg/alertmanager/operator.go b/pkg/alertmanager/operator.go
index 979414549..91748d0da 100644
--- a/pkg/alertmanager/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/alertmanager/operator.go
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ func (c *Operator) processNextWorkItem() bool {
 	}
 	defer c.queue.Done(key)
 
+	c.metrics.ReconcileCounter().Inc()
 	err := c.sync(key.(string))
 	if err == nil {
 		c.queue.Forget(key)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index 8ca015f1a..b0c7f7efc 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Metrics struct {
 	listFailedCounter      prometheus.Counter
 	watchCounter           prometheus.Counter
 	watchFailedCounter     prometheus.Counter
+	reconcileCounter       prometheus.Counter
 	reconcileErrorsCounter prometheus.Counter
 	stsDeleteCreateCounter prometheus.Counter
 	// triggerByCounter is a set of counters keeping track of the amount
@@ -46,9 +47,13 @@ func NewMetrics(name string, r prometheus.Registerer) *Metrics {
 	reg := prometheus.WrapRegistererWith(prometheus.Labels{"controller": name}, r)
 	m := Metrics{
 		reg: reg,
+		reconcileCounter: prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "prometheus_operator_reconcile_operations_total",
+			Help: "Total number of reconcile operations",
+		}),
 		reconcileErrorsCounter: prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Name: "prometheus_operator_reconcile_errors_total",
-			Help: "Number of errors that occurred while reconciling the statefulset",
+			Help: "Number of errors that occurred during reconcile operations",
 		}),
 		triggerByCounter: prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Name: "prometheus_operator_triggered_total",
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ func NewMetrics(name string, r prometheus.Registerer) *Metrics {
 		}),
 	}
 	m.reg.MustRegister(
+		m.reconcileCounter,
 		m.reconcileErrorsCounter,
 		m.triggerByCounter,
 		m.stsDeleteCreateCounter,
@@ -88,6 +94,11 @@ func NewMetrics(name string, r prometheus.Registerer) *Metrics {
 	return &m
 }
 
+// ReconcileCounter returns a counter to track attempted reconciliations.
+func (m *Metrics) ReconcileCounter() prometheus.Counter {
+	return m.reconcileCounter
+}
+
 // ReconcileErrorsCounter returns a counter to track reconciliation errors.
 func (m *Metrics) ReconcileErrorsCounter() prometheus.Counter {
 	return m.reconcileErrorsCounter
diff --git a/pkg/prometheus/operator.go b/pkg/prometheus/operator.go
index 9bc4cb4d4..fe717f21d 100644
--- a/pkg/prometheus/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/prometheus/operator.go
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ func (c *Operator) processNextWorkItem() bool {
 	}
 	defer c.queue.Done(key)
 
+	c.metrics.ReconcileCounter().Inc()
 	err := c.sync(key.(string))
 	if err == nil {
 		c.queue.Forget(key)
diff --git a/pkg/thanos/operator.go b/pkg/thanos/operator.go
index 5f2efb573..18cdf2df6 100644
--- a/pkg/thanos/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/thanos/operator.go
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ func (o *Operator) processNextWorkItem() bool {
 	}
 	defer o.queue.Done(key)
 
+	o.metrics.ReconcileCounter().Inc()
 	err := o.sync(key.(string))
 	if err == nil {
 		o.queue.Forget(key)