From 3da26f0e006a8dc673bdadc6ed918e51127c1a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Robert=20Paj=C4=85k?= <pellared@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 07:00:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [doc] sdk/log: Do not create instances of Record (#5871)

Fixes https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/issues/5823
---
 sdk/log/record.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sdk/log/record.go b/sdk/log/record.go
index effb30f62..ea842660b 100644
--- a/sdk/log/record.go
+++ b/sdk/log/record.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func putIndex(index map[string]int) {
 }
 
 // Record is a log record emitted by the Logger.
+//
+// Do not create instances of Record on your own in production code.
+// You can use [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log/logtest.RecordFactory]
+// for testing purposes.
 type Record struct {
 	// Do not embed the log.Record. Attributes need to be overwrite-able and
 	// deep-copying needs to be possible.