diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java
index 5e9e2cfe0..ca3fd97ca 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.StubSettings;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.TransportChannelProvider;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnaryCallSettings;
+import com.google.auth.Credentials;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.FeatureFlags;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.PingAndWarmRequest;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.Version;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Row;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.RowMutation;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.sql.Statement;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.metrics.BuiltinMetricsView;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.metrics.CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.metrics.DefaultMetricsProvider;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.metrics.MetricsProvider;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.mutaterows.MutateRowsBatchingDescriptor;
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProviderBuilder;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -1035,6 +1039,10 @@ public MetricsProvider getMetricsProvider() {
     /**
      * Built-in client side metrics are published through Google Cloud Monitoring endpoint. This
      * setting overrides the default endpoint for publishing the metrics.
+     *
+     * <p>Note that if you're using {@link CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider}, you should call
+     * {@link BuiltinMetricsView#registerBuiltinMetrics(Credentials, SdkMeterProviderBuilder,
+     * String)} to set up the endpoint.
      */
     public Builder setMetricsEndpoint(String endpoint) {
       this.metricsEndpoint = endpoint;
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java
index d728d657a..24c40446d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.java
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
  *   .setInstanceId("my-instance-id")
  *   .setMetricsProvider(CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider.create(openTelemetry)
  *   .build();
+ *
+ *
+ * To set up a different credential or endpoint, call
+ * {@link BuiltinMetricsView#registerBuiltinMetrics(Credentials, SdkMeterProviderBuilder, String)}
  * }</pre>
  */
 public final class CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider implements MetricsProvider {