diff --git a/example/otel-collector/go.sum b/example/otel-collector/go.sum
index 7f08f906d..9df9798c7 100644
--- a/example/otel-collector/go.sum
+++ b/example/otel-collector/go.sum
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5y
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3/go.mod h1:vzj43D7+SQXF/4pzW/hwtAqwc6iTitCiVSaWz5lYuqw=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.4/go.mod h1:vzj43D7+SQXF/4pzW/hwtAqwc6iTitCiVSaWz5lYuqw=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.5 h1:F768QJ1E9tib+q5Sc8MkdJi1RxLTbRcTf8LJV56aRls=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.5/go.mod h1:6O5/vntMXwX2lRkT1hjjk0nAC1IDOTvTlVgjlRvqsdk=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/README.md b/exporters/otlp/README.md
index 7310ea93d..d9d86b52e 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/README.md
+++ b/exporters/otlp/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func main() {
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Configuratin options can be specified when creating a new exporter (`NewExporter`).
+Configurations options can be specified when creating a new exporter (`NewExporter`).
 
 ### `WorkerCount(n uint)`
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/options.go b/exporters/otlp/options.go
index a8d8b364a..6f2702bed 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/options.go
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@ const (
 	// Note: MaxAttempts > 5 are treated as 5. See
 	// https://github.com/grpc/proposal/blob/master/A6-client-retries.md#validation-of-retrypolicy
 	// for more details.
+	//
+	// The following is to ensure CANCELLED is not corrected to CANCELED.
+	// nolint
 	DefaultGRPCServiceConfig = `{
 	"methodConfig":[{
 		"name":[
 			{ "service":"opentelemetry.proto.collector.metrics.v1.MetricsService" },
 			{ "service":"opentelemetry.proto.collector.trace.v1.TraceService" }
 		],
-		"waitForReady": true,
 		"retryPolicy":{
 			"MaxAttempts":5,
 			"InitialBackoff":"0.3s",