Add an addendum for allowing async/callback export return results. (o…

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codeboten · Jul 17, 2020 · 15c41b1 · 15c41b1
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@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ ExportResult is one of:
 * `Failure` - exporting failed. The batch must be dropped. For example, this
   can happen when the batch contains bad data and cannot be serialized.
 
+Note: this result may be returned via an async mechanism or a callback, if that
+is idiomatic for the language implementation.
+
 #### `Shutdown()`
 
 Shuts down the exporter. Called when SDK is shut down. This is an opportunity