diff --git a/docs/user-guide/observability-evaluation/traces.md b/docs/user-guide/observability-evaluation/traces.md
index 2baa54d9..c0a27579 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/observability-evaluation/traces.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/observability-evaluation/traces.md
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ Strands natively integrates with OpenTelemetry, an industry standard for distrib
 
 ## Enabling Tracing
 
-You can enable tracing either through environment variables or through code:
+!!! warning "To enable OTEL exporting, install Strands Agents with `otel` extra dependencies: `pip install strands-agents[otel]`"
+
 
 ### Environment Variables