diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 55197c957c5..93861d2b9dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Make log sdk add `exception.message` to logRecord for exceptions whose argument 
+  is an exception not a string message
+  ([#4122](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4122))
 - Fix use of `link.attributes.dropped`, which may not exist
   ([#4119](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4119))
 - Running mypy on SDK resources
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1a7e58cf1f9..8cadc3e34f3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ and [**Maintainer**](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/commu
 
 Before you can contribute, you will need to sign the [Contributor License Agreement](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/easycla/contributors).
 
-Please also read the [OpenTelemetry Contributor Guide](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+Please also read the [OpenTelemetry Contributor Guide](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/README.md).
 
 # Find your right repo
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index 89432d5b339..56d78ce653a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -491,7 +491,9 @@ def _get_attributes(record: logging.LogRecord) -> Attributes:
             if exctype is not None:
                 attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_TYPE] = exctype.__name__
             if value is not None and value.args:
-                attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE] = value.args[0]
+                attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE] = str(
+                    value.args[0]
+                )
             if tb is not None:
                 # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/9fa7c656b26647b27e485a6af7e38dc716eba98a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/exceptions.md#stacktrace-representation
                 attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE] = "".join(
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
index 146e4b95b08..5b0175d29bb 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
@@ -169,8 +169,41 @@ def test_log_record_exception(self):
         self.assertTrue("division by zero" in stack_trace)
         self.assertTrue(__file__ in stack_trace)
 
+    def test_log_record_recursive_exception(self):
+        """Exception information will be included in attributes even though it is recursive"""
+        processor, logger = set_up_test_logging(logging.ERROR)
+
+        try:
+            raise ZeroDivisionError(
+                ZeroDivisionError(ZeroDivisionError("division by zero"))
+            )
+        except ZeroDivisionError:
+            with self.assertLogs(level=logging.ERROR):
+                logger.exception("Zero Division Error")
+
+        log_record = processor.get_log_record(0)
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(log_record)
+        self.assertEqual(log_record.body, "Zero Division Error")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            log_record.attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_TYPE],
+            ZeroDivisionError.__name__,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            log_record.attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE],
+            "division by zero",
+        )
+        stack_trace = log_record.attributes[
+            SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE
+        ]
+        self.assertIsInstance(stack_trace, str)
+        self.assertTrue("Traceback" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue("ZeroDivisionError" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue("division by zero" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue(__file__ in stack_trace)
+
     def test_log_exc_info_false(self):
-        """Exception information will be included in attributes"""
+        """Exception information will not be included in attributes"""
         processor, logger = set_up_test_logging(logging.NOTSET)
 
         try: