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Update "Instrumenting Libraries" wording (#1897)

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OpenTelemetry provides
[automatic instrumentation](/docs/concepts/instrumenting#automatic-instrumentation)
[instrumentation libraries][]
for many libraries, which is typically done through library hooks or
monkey-patching library code.
@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ are a good places to start!
## When **not** to instrument
Some libraries are thin clients wrapping network calls. Chances are that
OpenTelemetry has auto-instrumentation for the underlying RPC client (check out
the [registry](/registry/)). In this case, library instrumentation may not be
necessary.
OpenTelemetry has an instrumentation library for the underlying RPC client (check out
the [registry](/registry/)). In this case, instrumenting the wrapper library
may not be necessary.
Don't instrument if:
@ -415,4 +415,5 @@ class TestExporter implements SpanExporter {
}
```
[instrumentation libraries]: /docs/reference/specification/overview/#instrumentation-libraries
[span events]: /docs/reference/specification/trace/api/#add-events