diff --git a/conf/hbase-env.cmd b/conf/hbase-env.cmd
index 1f1c3e3e620..4beebf646de 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-env.cmd
+++ b/conf/hbase-env.cmd
@@ -81,3 +81,8 @@ set HBASE_OPTS=%HBASE_OPTS% "-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC" "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stac
 
 @rem Tell HBase whether it should manage it's own instance of ZooKeeper or not.
 @rem set HBASE_MANAGES_ZK=true
+
+@rem Uncomment to enable trace, you can change the options to use other exporters such as jaeger or
+@rem zipkin. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation on how to
+@rem configure exporters and other components through system properties.
+@rem set HBASE_TRACE_OPTS="-Dotel.resource.attributes=service.name=HBase -Dotel.traces.exporter=logging otel.metrics.exporter=none"
diff --git a/conf/hbase-env.sh b/conf/hbase-env.sh
index e1dff2b7e3e..1d21fd5806a 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-env.sh
+++ b/conf/hbase-env.sh
@@ -144,6 +144,6 @@
 # export SED="${SED-sed}"
 
 # Uncomment to enable trace, you can change the options to use other exporters such as jaeger or
-# zipkin. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation on how to config
-# exporters and other components through system properties.
-# export HBASE_TRACE_OPTS="-Dotel.config.sampler.probability=0.1 -Dotel.exporter=logging"
+# zipkin. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation on how to
+# configure exporters and other components through system properties.
+# export HBASE_TRACE_OPTS="-Dotel.resource.attributes=service.name=HBase -Dotel.traces.exporter=logging otel.metrics.exporter=none"