diff --git a/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg b/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg
index 0a50c3bbaa..f03af1cbde 100644
--- a/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg
+++ b/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg
@@ -58,10 +58,17 @@ trace_consensus=1
 trace_peer=1
 trace_ledger=1
 
-# --- StatsD metrics (beast::insight) ---
-# Sends UDP metrics to the collector's StatsD receiver so the StatsD
-# dashboards have data. The collector binds this port on the host loopback.
+# --- Insight (native OTel metrics via beast::insight) ---
+# server selects the beast::insight backend. Only server=otel is usable with
+# this stack: the collector defines no StatsD receiver and 8125/udp is not
+# published, so server=statsd sends UDP to a port nothing listens on.
+# endpoint and prefix are informational only. OTelCollector records on the
+# global MeterProvider that [telemetry] configures, and formatName() does not
+# apply the prefix, so metric names are bare and lowercase.
+# Known limitation: the collector is built before the MeterProvider is
+# registered, so beast::insight instruments bind to a no-op meter and are not
+# exported yet. Tracing and the [telemetry] metrics pipeline are unaffected.
 [insight]
-server=statsd
-address=127.0.0.1:8125
+server=otel
+endpoint=http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics
 prefix=xrpld