diff --git a/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc b/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc index 376cf8f6b4..5812da6d7e 100644 --- a/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc +++ b/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif::[] [[opentelemetry-bridge]] === OpenTelemetry bridge -The Elastic APM OpenTelemetry bridge allows creating Elastic APM `Transactions` and `Spans`, +The Elastic APM OpenTelemetry bridge allows creating Elastic APM `Transactions` and `Spans` using the OpenTelemetry API. OpenTelemetry metrics are also collected. In other words, it translates the calls to the OpenTelemetry API to Elastic APM and thus allows for reusing existing instrumentation. @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The minimum required OpenTelemetry version is 1.0.1. ==== Initialize tracer There's no separate dependency needed for the bridge itself. -The Java agent hooks into `GlobalOpenTelemetry` to return it's own implementation of `OpenTelemetry` +The Java agent hooks into `GlobalOpenTelemetry` to return its own implementation of `OpenTelemetry` that is connected to the internal tracer of the agent. [source,java]