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Author: trask

articles/azure-monitor/app/java-standalone-sampling-overrides.md

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Span attribute names are based on the OpenTelemetry semantic conventions:
 
 To see the exact set of attributes captured by Application Insights Java for your application, set the
 [self-diagnostics level to debug](./java-standalone-config.md#self-diagnostics), and look for debug messages starting
-with `exporting span`.
+with the text "exporting span:".
 
-Note that only attributes that were set prior to starting the span are available for sampling,
-so attributes such as `http.status_code` cannot be used for sampling.
+Note that only attributes set at the start of the span are available for sampling,
+so attributes such as `http.status_code` which are captured later on cannot be used for sampling.