diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/r2dbc/R2dbcInstrumentingPostProcessor.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/r2dbc/R2dbcInstrumentingPostProcessor.java
index 18d17ec078be..d3bddb3d8055 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/r2dbc/R2dbcInstrumentingPostProcessor.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/r2dbc/R2dbcInstrumentingPostProcessor.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) {
     if (bean instanceof ConnectionFactory && !ScopedProxyUtils.isScopedTarget(beanName)) {
       ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = (ConnectionFactory) bean;
       return R2dbcTelemetry.builder(openTelemetryProvider.getObject())
-          // there is no instrumentation-specific property, so we use the common one
           .setStatementSanitizationEnabled(
               InstrumentationConfigUtil.isStatementSanitizationEnabled(
                   configPropertiesProvider.getObject(),
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index 2583fb468387..9bea00f40e19 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@
       "description": "Enables the DB statement sanitization.",
       "defaultValue": true
     },
-
     {
       "name": "otel.instrumentation.kafka.enabled",
       "type": "java.lang.Boolean",
@@ -372,7 +371,13 @@
     {
       "name": "otel.instrumentation.r2dbc.enabled",
       "type": "java.lang.Boolean",
-      "description": "Enable the R2DBC (reactive JDBC) instrumentation. Also see <code>otel.instrumentation.common.db-statement-sanitizer.enabled</code>.",
+      "description": "Enable the R2DBC (reactive JDBC) instrumentation.",
+      "defaultValue": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "otel.instrumentation.r2dbc.statement-sanitizer.enabled",
+      "type": "java.lang.Boolean",
+      "description": "Enables the DB statement sanitization.",
       "defaultValue": true
     },
     {