Update environment variable descriptions to match signal (#4222)

* chore: Update envvar descriptions to match signal

In some cases, a signal different from the one the environment variable was named after was used in the documentation.

* chore: Add changelog entry for envvar desc updates

* Remove duplicate "the"s

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  ([#4176](https:/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4176))
 - Update semantic conventions to version 1.28.0
  ([#4218](https:/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4218))
+- Update environment variable descriptions to match signal
+ ([#4222](https:/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4222))
 
 ## Version 1.27.0/0.48b0 (2024-08-28)
 

opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/environment_variables/__init__.py

@@ -270,29 +270,29 @@
 """
 .. envvar:: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL
 
-The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL` represents the the transport protocol for the
+The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL` represents the transport protocol for the
 OTLP exporter.
 """
 
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL"
 """
 .. envvar:: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL
 
-The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL` represents the the transport protocol for spans.
+The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL` represents the transport protocol for spans.
 """
 
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_PROTOCOL = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_PROTOCOL"
 """
 .. envvar:: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_PROTOCOL
 
-The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_PROTOCOL` represents the the transport protocol for metrics.
+The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_PROTOCOL` represents the transport protocol for metrics.
 """
 
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_PROTOCOL = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_PROTOCOL"
 """
 .. envvar:: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_PROTOCOL
 
-The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_PROTOCOL` represents the the transport protocol for logs.
+The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_PROTOCOL` represents the transport protocol for logs.
 """
 
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE"
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
 .. envvar:: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_INSECURE
 
 The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_INSECURE` represents whether to enable client transport security
-for gRPC requests for metrics. A scheme of https takes precedence over the this configuration setting.
+for gRPC requests for logs. A scheme of https takes precedence over the this configuration setting.
 Default: False
 """
 
@@ -581,15 +581,15 @@
 .. envvar:: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_CERTIFICATE
 
 The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_CERTIFICATE` stores the path to the certificate file for
-TLS credentials of gRPC client for traces. Should only be used for a secure connection for tracing.
+TLS credentials of gRPC client for metrics. Should only be used for a secure connection for metrics.
 """
 
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE"
 """
 .. envvar:: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE
 
 The :envvar:`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE` stores the path to the certificate file for
-TLS credentials of gRPC client for traces. Should only be used for a secure connection for tracing.
+TLS credentials of gRPC client for logs. Should only be used for a secure connection for logs.
 """
 
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS"