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 [Click here](https://medium.com/google-cloud/troubleshooting-cloud-spanner-applications-with-opencensus-2cf424c4c590) for more information.
 
+### OpenTelemetry
 
+To use OpenTelemetry with the Cloud Spanner client, set up the OpenTelemetry pipeline, and add 
+the [OpenCensus shim](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/tree/main/opencensus-shim)
+to your project. Follow the [README instructions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/blob/main/opencensus-shim/README.md)
+to set up traces and metrics.
 
 
 ## Samples