diff --git a/.chloggen/SampledLoggerTelemetry.yaml b/.chloggen/SampledLoggerTelemetry.yaml
index 8fa0defd6b8..68678e936d1 100644
--- a/.chloggen/SampledLoggerTelemetry.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/SampledLoggerTelemetry.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ issues: [8134]
 # (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
 # These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
 # Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
-subtext: The sampled logger configuration can be disabled easily by setting the 'enabled' field to 'false'.
+subtext: The sampled logger configuration can be disabled easily by setting the `service::telemetry::logs::sampling::enabled` to `false`.
 
 
 # Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
diff --git a/service/telemetry/config.go b/service/telemetry/config.go
index cb07357e8b6..becc1b11e38 100644
--- a/service/telemetry/config.go
+++ b/service/telemetry/config.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ type LogsSamplingConfig struct {
 	Tick time.Duration `mapstructure:"tick"`
 	// Initial represents the first M messages logged each Tick.
 	Initial int `mapstructure:"initial"`
-	// Thereafter represents the N messages logged after Initial and the rest are dropped, during each Tick.
+	// Thereafter represents the sampling rate, every Nth message will be sampled after Initial messages are logged during each Tick.
 	// If Thereafter is zero, the logger will drop all the messages after the Initial each Tick.
 	Thereafter int `mapstructure:"thereafter"`
 }