diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/OperationMetricsUtil.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/OperationMetricsUtil.java
index 6826691c53..90a2c6fa59 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/OperationMetricsUtil.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/OperationMetricsUtil.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public class OperationMetricsUtil {
             logger.log(
                 Level.WARNING,
                 "Disabling {0} metrics because {1} does not implement {2}. This prevents using "
-                    + "metrics advice, which could result in {0} having high cardinality attributes.",
+                    + "metrics advice, which could result in {0} metrics having high cardinality "
+                    + "attributes.",
                 new Object[] {
                   description,
                   histogramBuilder.getClass().getName(),