diff --git a/docs/sources/get-started/labels/structured-metadata.md b/docs/sources/get-started/labels/structured-metadata.md index f9bf8c3458d3..51467ce681ca 100644 --- a/docs/sources/get-started/labels/structured-metadata.md +++ b/docs/sources/get-started/labels/structured-metadata.md @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Structured metadata can also be used to query commonly needed metadata from log You should only use structured metadata in the following situations: - • If you are ingesting data in OpenTelemetry format, using the Grafana Agent or an OpenTelemetry Collector. Structured metadata was designed to support native ingestion of OpenTelemetry data. - • If you have high cardinality metadata that should not be used as a label and does not exist in the log line. Some examples might include `process_id` or `thread_id` or Kubernetes pod names. +- If you are ingesting data in OpenTelemetry format, using the Grafana Agent or an OpenTelemetry Collector. Structured metadata was designed to support native ingestion of OpenTelemetry data. +- If you have high cardinality metadata that should not be used as a label and does not exist in the log line. Some examples might include `process_id` or `thread_id` or Kubernetes pod names. It is an antipattern to extract information that already exists in your log lines and put it into structured metadata.