diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a8a8defb27..bd47a52a7c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ release.
   ([#3670](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3670))
 - Rename "advice" to "advisory parameters".
   ([#3662](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3662))
+- Clarify the minimal implementation of a `View`'s `attribute_keys` is an allow-list.
+  ([#3680](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3680))
 
 ### Logs
 
diff --git a/specification/metrics/sdk.md b/specification/metrics/sdk.md
index b51ce4f9328..d576fc09181 100644
--- a/specification/metrics/sdk.md
+++ b/specification/metrics/sdk.md
@@ -314,9 +314,13 @@ The SDK MUST accept the following stream configuration parameters:
   accept a `description`, but MUST NOT obligate a user to provide one. If the
   user does not provide a `description` value, the description from the
   Instrument a View matches MUST be used by default.
-* `attribute_keys`: A list of attribute keys that MUST be kept, if provided by
-  the user during the measurement, for the metric stream. All attributes with
-  keys other than those in the list MUST be ignored.
+* `attribute_keys`: This is, at a minimum, an allow-list of attribute keys for
+  measurements captured in the metric stream. The allow-list contains attribute
+  keys that identify the attributes that MUST be kept, and all other attributes
+  MUST be ignored.
+
+  Implementations MAY accept additional attribute filtering functionality for
+  this parameter.
 
   Users can provide `attribute_keys`, but it is up to their discretion.
   Therefore, the stream configuration parameter needs to be structured to