diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/README.rst b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/README.rst
index 45fc185525..0260563b24 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/README.rst
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/README.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ Make sure to configure OpenTelemetry tracing, logging, metrics, and events to ca
         model="gemini-1.5-flash-002",
         contents="Write a short poem on OpenTelemetry.")
 
+Enabling experimental semconvs
+******************************
+
+Set the environment variable `OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN` to `gen_ai_latest_experimental` to 
+emit the latest experimental version of GenAI conventions and to not emit the ones at v1.36.0 or prior.
+
 Enabling message content
 *************************
 
@@ -67,6 +73,10 @@ Message content such as the contents of the prompt and response
 are not captured by default. To capture message content as log events, set the environment variable
 `OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT` to `true`.
 
+If `OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN` is set to `gen_ai_latest_experimental` then `OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT`
+must instead be one of `SPAN_AND_EVENT`, `NO_CONTENT`, `EVENT_ONLY` or `SPAN_ONLY`. This controls whether message content 
+is captured in spans, events, or neither.
+
 Uninstrument
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