diff --git a/wal/encoder.go b/wal/encoder.go
index d3877ed5c..4de853b69 100644
--- a/wal/encoder.go
+++ b/wal/encoder.go
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ func (e *encoder) encode(rec *walpb.Record) error {
 	if padBytes != 0 {
 		data = append(data, make([]byte, padBytes)...)
 	}
-	_, err = e.bw.Write(data)
+	n, err = e.bw.Write(data)
+	walWriteBytes.Add(float64(n))
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -108,13 +109,16 @@ func encodeFrameSize(dataBytes int) (lenField uint64, padBytes int) {
 
 func (e *encoder) flush() error {
 	e.mu.Lock()
-	defer e.mu.Unlock()
-	return e.bw.Flush()
+	n, err := e.bw.FlushN()
+	e.mu.Unlock()
+	walWriteBytes.Add(float64(n))
+	return err
 }
 
 func writeUint64(w io.Writer, n uint64, buf []byte) error {
 	// http://golang.org/src/encoding/binary/binary.go
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(buf, n)
-	_, err := w.Write(buf)
+	nv, err := w.Write(buf)
+	walWriteBytes.Add(float64(nv))
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/wal/metrics.go b/wal/metrics.go
index 22cb8003c..814d654cd 100644
--- a/wal/metrics.go
+++ b/wal/metrics.go
@@ -27,8 +27,16 @@ var (
 		// highest bucket start of 0.001 sec * 2^13 == 8.192 sec
 		Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 14),
 	})
+
+	walWriteBytes = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Namespace: "etcd",
+		Subsystem: "disk",
+		Name:      "wal_write_bytes_total",
+		Help:      "Total number of bytes written in WAL.",
+	})
 )
 
 func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(walFsyncSec)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(walWriteBytes)
 }
diff --git a/wal/repair.go b/wal/repair.go
index a4aef42bd..293fcd095 100644
--- a/wal/repair.go
+++ b/wal/repair.go
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/fileutil"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/wal/walpb"
-
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ func Repair(lg *zap.Logger, dirpath string) bool {
 				return false
 			}
 
+			start := time.Now()
 			if err = fileutil.Fsync(f.File); err != nil {
 				lg.Warn("failed to fsync", zap.String("path", f.Name()), zap.Error(err))
 				return false
 			}
+			walFsyncSec.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 
 			lg.Info("repaired", zap.String("path", f.Name()), zap.Error(io.ErrUnexpectedEOF))
 			return true
diff --git a/wal/wal.go b/wal/wal.go
index 07c24608d..0b174205b 100644
--- a/wal/wal.go
+++ b/wal/wal.go
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ func Create(lg *zap.Logger, dirpath string, metadata []byte) (*WAL, error) {
 		)
 		return nil, perr
 	}
+	start := time.Now()
 	if perr = fileutil.Fsync(pdir); perr != nil {
 		lg.Warn(
 			"failed to fsync the parent data directory file",
@@ -202,6 +203,8 @@ func Create(lg *zap.Logger, dirpath string, metadata []byte) (*WAL, error) {
 		)
 		return nil, perr
 	}
+	walFsyncSec.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+
 	if perr = pdir.Close(); perr != nil {
 		lg.Warn(
 			"failed to close the parent data directory file",
@@ -647,9 +650,11 @@ func (w *WAL) cut() error {
 	if err = os.Rename(newTail.Name(), fpath); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	start := time.Now()
 	if err = fileutil.Fsync(w.dirFile); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	walFsyncSec.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 
 	// reopen newTail with its new path so calls to Name() match the wal filename format
 	newTail.Close()