diff --git a/specification/logs/bridge-api.md b/specification/logs/bridge-api.md
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--- a/specification/logs/bridge-api.md
+++ b/specification/logs/bridge-api.md
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ The `Logger` MUST provide functions to:
 
 #### Emit a LogRecord
 
-`LogRecord`s encapsulate the fields identified in the [`LogRecord`
-data model](data-model.md#log-and-event-record-definition) and are emitted to the processing pipeline using
-this API.
+The effect of calling this API is to emit a `LogRecord` to the processing pipeline.
 
 The API MUST accept the following parameters: