diff --git a/docs/observability/opentelemetry_v2.md b/docs/observability/opentelemetry_v2.md
index 5b5c33f30..da5d1d0d0 100644
--- a/docs/observability/opentelemetry_v2.md
+++ b/docs/observability/opentelemetry_v2.md
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ Open your Arize project; the trace appears under the project named by `ARIZE_PRO
 | `llm.model_name`, `llm.provider` | model, provider |
 | `llm.token_count.prompt`, `completion`, `total` | usage split |
 | `llm.invocation_parameters` | JSON blob of request params |
-| `llm.input_messages.{idx}.message.role`, `content` | prompt (content capture on) |
-| `llm.output_messages.{idx}.message.role`, `content` | response (content capture on) |
-| `input.value`, `output.value` | JSON arrays of the same (content capture on) |
+| `llm.input_messages.{idx}.message.role`, `content` | prompt (content capture on), [capped](#chat-messages-are-capped) |
+| `llm.output_messages.{idx}.message.role`, `content` | response (content capture on), [capped](#chat-messages-are-capped) |
+| `input.value`, `output.value` | JSON arrays of every message's role and text (content capture on) |
 | `llm.tools.{idx}.tool.name`, `description`, `json_schema` | tool definitions, [capped](#tool-definitions-are-capped) |
 
 See the full [OpenInference spec](https://github.com/Arize-ai/openinference/blob/main/spec/semantic_conventions.md) for the definitive vocabulary.
@@ -512,6 +512,12 @@ The ceiling is span-wide, not per vocabulary. Tool definitions may claim a quart
 
 `litellm.request.tools.declared` always carries the true total, so you can tell when the per-tool detail was truncated. Requests declaring fewer tools than the allowance keep full detail.
 
+#### Chat messages are capped
+
+The `openinference` mapper's `llm.input_messages.{idx}.*` and `llm.output_messages.{idx}.*` keys are the other unbounded family: two attributes per message, for the prompt and the response alike, on the same span. Past a few dozen turns they alone exceed the 128-attribute default and evict the `gen_ai.*` model, usage, cost, and finish-reason attributes written before them. The per-index keys therefore share one span-wide allowance of an eighth of the budget, 8 messages total under the default limit, with at least half of it reserved for the response so a long prompt can never push the completion off the span. The prompt's share goes to message 0 and the most recent turns, under their original indices: a 60-turn conversation with one reply indexes `llm.input_messages.0`, `llm.input_messages.54` through `.59`, and `llm.output_messages.0`. The selection is by position, not role: message 0 and the newest prompt messages always keep a short key of their own, which matters when `OTEL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_LENGTH_LIMIT` clips the `input.value` blob before it reaches the end of the conversation.
+
+The cap only touches the per-index convenience keys. `input.value` and `output.value` still list every message's role and text, and the canonical `gen_ai.input.messages` and `gen_ai.output.messages` blobs carry the full message objects (tool calls and non-text parts included), so the whole conversation stays on the span and Arize keeps rendering it. Conversations shorter than the allowance are indexed in full. Phoenix compacts the per-index keys into a dense list when it renders a span, so the gap in indices shows up there as a shorter message list, in the same order.
+
 Response, usage, cost, identity:
 
 | Attribute | When set |