Update exporters/prometheus/exporter.go

Co-authored-by: Tyler Yahn <MrAlias@users.noreply.github.com>
open-telemetry · Dec 2, 2022 · e1aaaeb · e1aaaeb
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commit e1aaaeb
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/exporter.go b/exporters/prometheus/exporter.go
@@ -391,7 +391,12 @@ func validateMetrics(name, description string, metricType *dto.MetricType, mfs m
 		if emf.GetType() != *metricType && (emf.GetType() == dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM || *metricType == dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM) {
 			return false, ""
 		}
-		global.Info(fmt.Sprintf("the description %q of instrument %q conflicts with existing description %q, overriding with existing one", description, name, emf.GetHelp()))
+		global.Info(
+			"Instrument description conflict, using existing",
+			"instrument", name,
+			"existing", emf.GetHelp(),
+			"dropped", description,
+		)
 		return false, emf.GetHelp()
 	}
 	if emf.GetType() != *metricType {