diff --git a/specification/profiles/data-format.md b/specification/profiles/data-format.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Profiles Data Format
+
+**Status**: [Development](../document-status.md)
+
+This is a placeholder. Content will be added in a future PR.
diff --git a/specification/profiles/pprof.md b/specification/profiles/pprof.md
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@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ and back again into [pprof](https://github.com/google/pprof/tree/main/proto) wit
 data loss (convertibility but not wire compatibility).
 
 To enable this compatibility through explicit conversion, OpenTelemetry provides pprof-specific [guidelines](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/profiles/#compatibility-with-pprof)
-in [Semantic Conventions](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv).
+in [Semantic Conventions](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/).