diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0ee94f3152..c69fee17385 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added py.typed file to top-level module ([#4084](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4084))
 - Drop Final annotation from Enum in semantic conventions
   ([#4085](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4085))
+- Update log export example to not use root logger ([#4090](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4090))
 
 ## Version 1.26.0/0.47b0 (2024-07-25)
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/logs/example.py b/docs/examples/logs/example.py
index 2505aacea7a..ba471ea7e69 100644
--- a/docs/examples/logs/example.py
+++ b/docs/examples/logs/example.py
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@
 # Attach OTLP handler to root logger
 logging.getLogger().addHandler(handler)
 
-# Log directly
-logging.info("Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.")
-
 # Create different namespaced loggers
+# It is recommended to not use the root logger with OTLP handler
+# so telemetry is collected only for the application
 logger1 = logging.getLogger("myapp.area1")
 logger2 = logging.getLogger("myapp.area2")