diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bcd4acc905f..6fcc8a608ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
   - `RPCGRPCResponseMetadata`
 - Add `ErrorType` attribute helper function to the `go.opentelmetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.34.0` package. (#6962)
 - Add `WithAllowKeyDuplication` in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log` which can be used to disable deduplication for log records. (#6968)
-- Add `WithCardinalityLimit` option to configure the cardinality limit in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric`. (#6996)
+- Add `WithCardinalityLimit` option to configure the cardinality limit in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric`. (#6996, #7065)
 - Add `Clone` method to `Record` in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log` that returns a copy of the record with no shared state. (#7001)
 - The `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.36.0` package.
   The package contains semantic conventions from the `v1.36.0` version of the OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions.
diff --git a/sdk/metric/config.go b/sdk/metric/config.go
index 7580c074019..c6440a1346c 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/config.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/config.go
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ func WithExemplarFilter(filter exemplar.Filter) Option {
 // The cardinality limit is the hard limit on the number of metric datapoints
 // that can be collected for a single instrument in a single collect cycle.
 //
-// By default, there is no limit applied.
-//
 // Setting this to a zero or negative value means no limit is applied.
 func WithCardinalityLimit(limit int) Option {
 	// For backward compatibility, the environment variable `OTEL_GO_X_CARDINALITY_LIMIT`