diff --git a/specification/metrics/sdk.md b/specification/metrics/sdk.md
index b146b2ede7f..f85f92b061b 100644
--- a/specification/metrics/sdk.md
+++ b/specification/metrics/sdk.md
@@ -406,13 +406,11 @@ This Aggregation honors the following configuration parameters:
| Boundaries | double\[\] | [ 0, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 250, 500, 1000 ] | Array of increasing values representing explicit bucket boundary values.
The Default Value represents the following buckets:
(-∞, 0], (0, 5.0], (5.0, 10.0], (10.0, 25.0], (25.0, 50.0], (50.0, 75.0], (75.0, 100.0], (100.0, 250.0], (250.0, 500.0], (500.0, 1000.0], (1000.0, +∞) |
| RecordMinMax | true, false | true | Whether to record min and max. |
-Note: This aggregation should not fill out `sum` when used with instruments that
-record negative measurements, e.g. `UpDownCounter` or `ObservableGauge`.
-
This Aggregation informs the SDK to collect:
- Count of `Measurement` values falling within explicit bucket boundaries.
-- Arithmetic sum of `Measurement` values in population.
+- Arithmetic sum of `Measurement` values in population. This SHOULD NOT be collected when used with
+instruments that record negative measurements, e.g. `UpDownCounter` or `ObservableGauge`.
- Min (optional) `Measurement` value in population.
- Max (optional) `Measurement` value in population.
@@ -421,7 +419,7 @@ This Aggregation informs the SDK to collect:
Attributes which belong to Metrics are exempt from the
[common rules of attribute limits](../common/common.md#attribute-limits) at this
time. Attribute truncation or deletion could affect identity of metric time
-series and it requires further analysis.
+series and the topic requires further analysis.
## Exemplar