diff --git a/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg b/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg
index 3116a01420..70d83cbf27 100644
--- a/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg
@@ -1267,10 +1267,10 @@
 #
 #     "server"
 #
-#       Choice of server to send metrics to. Currently the only choice is
-#       "statsd" which sends UDP packets to a StatsD daemon, which must be
-#       running while xrpld is running. More information on StatsD is
-#       available here:
+#       Choice of server to send metrics to, either "statsd" or "otel".
+#
+#       "statsd" sends UDP packets to a StatsD daemon, which must be running
+#       while xrpld is running. More information on StatsD is available here:
 #           https://github.com/b/statsd_spec
 #
 #       When server=statsd, these additional keys are used:
@@ -1281,6 +1281,13 @@
 #       "prefix"  A string prepended to each collected metric. This is used
 #                 to distinguish between different running instances of xrpld.
 #
+#       "otel" exports the same metrics over OTLP instead, and needs a build
+#       with telemetry compiled in. The [telemetry] section below owns the
+#       export destination and the resource attributes, so "address" and
+#       "prefix" do not apply. An "endpoint" key is read on this path but
+#       only appears in a startup log line; it does not change where metrics
+#       are sent.
+#
 #     If this section is missing, or the server type is unspecified or unknown,
 #     statistics are not collected or reported.
 #