diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
index 1074298fc7..f138453947 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,25 @@ async def hello(request):
     app.add_routes([web.get('/', hello)])
 
     web.run_app(app)
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+Exclude lists
+*************
+To exclude certain URLs from tracking, set the environment variable ``OTEL_PYTHON_AIOHTTP_SERVER_EXCLUDED_URLS``
+(or ``OTEL_PYTHON_EXCLUDED_URLS`` to cover all instrumentations) to a string of comma delimited regexes that match the
+URLs.
+
+For example,
+
+::
+
+    export OTEL_PYTHON_AIOHTTP_SERVER_EXCLUDED_URLS="client/.*/info,healthcheck"
+
+will exclude requests such as ``https://site/client/123/info`` and ``https://site/xyz/healthcheck``.
+
 """
 
 import urllib
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
index bdccb33edb..bfde789681 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def get(self):
 
 The following environment variables are supported as configuration options:
 
-- OTEL_PYTHON_TORNADO_EXCLUDED_URLS
+- OTEL_PYTHON_TORNADO_EXCLUDED_URLS (or ``OTEL_PYTHON_EXCLUDED_URLS`` to cover all instrumentations)
 
 A comma separated list of paths that should not be automatically traced. For example, if this is set to