diff --git a/docs/sources/mimir/configure/configure-native-histograms-ingestion.md b/docs/sources/mimir/configure/configure-native-histograms-ingestion.md index d2e8f207585..0c1a1747969 100644 --- a/docs/sources/mimir/configure/configure-native-histograms-ingestion.md +++ b/docs/sources/mimir/configure/configure-native-histograms-ingestion.md @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ To enable support for querying native histograms together with [Grafana Mimir qu To enable ingesting Prometheus native histograms over the [remote write API]({{< relref "../references/http-api#remote-write" >}}) endpoint for all tenants, set the flag `-ingester.native-histograms-ingestion-enabled=true` on the ingesters. To limit the number of native histogram buckets per sample, set the `-validation.max-native-histogram-buckets` flag on the distributors. -The recommended value is `160` which is the default in the [OpenTelemetry SDK](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/metrics/sdk/) for exponential histograms.Exponential histograms in OpenTelemetry are a similar concept to Prometheus native histograms. +The recommended value is `160` which is the default in the [OpenTelemetry SDK](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/metrics/sdk/) for exponential histograms. +Exponential histograms in OpenTelemetry are a similar concept to Prometheus native histograms. At the time of ingestion, samples with more buckets than the limit will be dropped. ## Configure native histograms per tenant @@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ At the time of ingestion, samples with more buckets than the limit will be dropp To enable ingesting Prometheus native histograms over the [remote write API]({{< relref "../references/http-api#remote-write" >}}) for a tenant, set the `native_histograms_ingestion_enabled` runtime value to `true`. To limit the number of native histogram buckets per sample for a tenant, set the `max_native_histogram_buckets` runtime value. -The recommended value is `160` which is the default in the [OpenTelemetry SDK](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/metrics/sdk/) for exponential histograms.Exponential histograms in OpenTelemetry are a similar concept to Prometheus native histograms. +The recommended value is `160` which is the default in the [OpenTelemetry SDK](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/metrics/sdk/) for exponential histograms. +Exponential histograms in OpenTelemetry are a similar concept to Prometheus native histograms. At the time of ingestion, samples with more buckets than the limit will be dropped. ```yaml