diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.test.tsx
index 2b3e74d6fe6..1bd7655b5e3 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import React from "react";
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { ActivityMetrics, formatKeyLabel, processActivityData } from "./activity_metrics";
+import { ActivityMetrics, formatKeyLabel, processActivityData, ResponseTimeTooltip } from "./activity_metrics";
+import type { ChartTooltipProps } from "@/components/shared/charts";
 import { Team } from "./key_team_helpers/key_list";
 import { DailyData, KeyMetricWithMetadata, ModelActivityData } from "./UsagePage/types";
 
@@ -1541,6 +1542,17 @@ describe("ActivityMetrics response time", () => {
     expect(screen.getAllByText(/^\d+(\.\d+)?(ms|s)$/).length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
   });
 
+  it("labels the chart tooltip with the readable series name and a formatted duration", () => {
+    const payload = [
+      { dataKey: "metrics.avg_response_time_ms", value: 1500, color: "#f59e0b", payload: timedModel.daily_data[0] },
+    ] as NonNullable<ChartTooltipProps["payload"]>;
+    render(<ResponseTimeTooltip active={true} payload={payload} label="2025-01-01" />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Avg Response Time Ms")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("1.50s")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("metrics.avg_response_time_ms")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it("shows a dash and no response time chart when the model has no timed requests", () => {
     render(<ActivityMetrics modelMetrics={{ "gpt-5.5": createMockModelActivityData("GPT-5.5") }} />);
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.tsx
index b1df2b598e2..95315f8ec27 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/activity_metrics.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { AreaChart, BarChart, CustomLegend, CustomTooltip, LineChart } from "@/components/shared/charts";
+import {
+  AreaChart,
+  BarChart,
+  type ChartTooltipProps,
+  CustomLegend,
+  CustomTooltip,
+  formatCategoryName,
+  LineChart,
+  ValueTooltip,
+} from "@/components/shared/charts";
 import { formatNumberWithCommas } from "@/utils/dataUtils";
 import { resolveTeamAliasFromTeamID } from "@/utils/teamUtils";
 import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
@@ -19,6 +28,15 @@ interface ActivityMetricsProps {
 const modelAverageResponseTimeMs = (metrics: ModelActivityData): number | null =>
   averageResponseTimeMs(metrics.total_response_time_ms ?? 0, metrics.total_timed_requests ?? 0);
 
+export const ResponseTimeTooltip = ({ active, payload, label }: ChartTooltipProps) => (
+  <ValueTooltip
+    active={active}
+    payload={payload?.map((item) => ({ ...item, name: formatCategoryName(String(item.dataKey ?? "")) }))}
+    label={label}
+    valueFormatter={formatResponseTime}
+  />
+);
+
 const ModelSection = ({
   modelName,
   metrics,
@@ -182,6 +200,7 @@ const ModelSection = ({
                 categories={["metrics.avg_response_time_ms"]}
                 colors={["amber"]}
                 valueFormatter={formatResponseTime}
+                customTooltip={ResponseTimeTooltip}
                 connectNulls={true}
                 showLegend={false}
               />