Update specification/metrics/api.md

Co-authored-by: Reiley Yang <[email protected]>
open-telemetry · Jun 27, 2023 · e25a4c5 · e25a4c5
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@@ -254,9 +254,7 @@ minimal configuration.
  [explicit bucket Histogram metric data point](./data-model.md#histogram).
  * All instruments:
  * `Attributes` (a list of [attribute keys](../common/README.md#attribute)):
- The recommended set of attribute keys to keep when recording a metric
- measurement. Attribute values whose corresponding keys do not appear in
- this list will be discarded.
+ The recommended set of attribute keys to be used for the resulting metrics.
 
 #### Synchronous and Asynchronous instruments