Update docs/en/observability/apm/otel-direct.asciidoc

Co-authored-by: Colleen McGinnis <[email protected]>
elastic · Sep 24, 2024 · e1d40be · e1d40be
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@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ For information on how to format an API key, see
 
 Please note the required space between `Bearer` and `an_apm_secret_token`, and `ApiKey` and `an_api_key`.
 
-Before version 1.27.0 the Python OpenTelemetry agent required the content of the header to be URL-encoded, function `urllib.parse.quote` from Python standard library may be used for this purpose.
+NOTE: If you are using a version of the Python OpenTelemetry agent _before_ 1.27.0, the content of the header _must_ be URL-encoded. You can use the Python standard library's `urllib.parse.quote` function to encode the content of the header.
 
 | `OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER` | Metrics exporter to use. See https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/configuration/sdk-environment-variables/#exporter-selection[exporter selection] for more information.