diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index d3c5d8d310d2..443c70d066f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.0.0-beta2...master[Check the HEAD di
 - Use `beat.name` instead of `beat.hostname` in the Host Overview dashboard. {pull}5340[5340]
 - Fix the loading of 5.x dashboards. {issue}5277[5277]
 - Fix the fetching of process information when some data is missing under MacOS X. {issue}5337[5337]
+- Change `MySQL active connections` visualization title to `MySQL total connections`. {issue}4812[4812]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/kibana/5.x/visualization/e784dc50-0005-11e7-bf7f-c9acc3d3e306.json b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/kibana/5.x/visualization/e784dc50-0005-11e7-bf7f-c9acc3d3e306.json
index 9df0e8d1111f..a4f7265693a9 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/kibana/5.x/visualization/e784dc50-0005-11e7-bf7f-c9acc3d3e306.json
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/kibana/5.x/visualization/e784dc50-0005-11e7-bf7f-c9acc3d3e306.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-  "visState": "{\"title\":\"MySQL active connections\",\"type\":\"line\",\"params\":{\"addTooltip\":true,\"addLegend\":true,\"legendPosition\":\"bottom\",\"showCircles\":true,\"interpolate\":\"linear\",\"scale\":\"linear\",\"drawLinesBetweenPoints\":true,\"radiusRatio\":9,\"times\":[],\"addTimeMarker\":false,\"defaultYExtents\":false,\"setYExtents\":false},\"aggs\":[{\"id\":\"1\",\"enabled\":true,\"type\":\"avg\",\"schema\":\"metric\",\"params\":{\"field\":\"mysql.status.connections\"}},{\"id\":\"2\",\"enabled\":true,\"type\":\"date_histogram\",\"schema\":\"segment\",\"params\":{\"field\":\"@timestamp\",\"interval\":\"auto\",\"customInterval\":\"2h\",\"min_doc_count\":1,\"extended_bounds\":{}}}],\"listeners\":{}}", 
+  "visState": "{\"title\":\"MySQL total connections\",\"type\":\"line\",\"params\":{\"addTooltip\":true,\"addLegend\":true,\"legendPosition\":\"bottom\",\"showCircles\":true,\"interpolate\":\"linear\",\"scale\":\"linear\",\"drawLinesBetweenPoints\":true,\"radiusRatio\":9,\"times\":[],\"addTimeMarker\":false,\"defaultYExtents\":false,\"setYExtents\":false},\"aggs\":[{\"id\":\"1\",\"enabled\":true,\"type\":\"avg\",\"schema\":\"metric\",\"params\":{\"field\":\"mysql.status.connections\"}},{\"id\":\"2\",\"enabled\":true,\"type\":\"date_histogram\",\"schema\":\"segment\",\"params\":{\"field\":\"@timestamp\",\"interval\":\"auto\",\"customInterval\":\"2h\",\"min_doc_count\":1,\"extended_bounds\":{}}}],\"listeners\":{}}", 
   "description": "", 
-  "title": "MySQL active connections", 
+  "title": "MySQL total connections", 
   "uiStateJSON": "{}", 
   "version": 1, 
   "savedSearchId": "67e88e60-0005-11e7-aaf1-b342e4b94bb0",