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open-telemetry · Feb 5, 2024 · 91a1265 · 91a1265
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diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def create_gauge(
         unit: str = "",
         description: str = "",
     ) -> Gauge:
-        """Creates an `Gauge` instrument
+        """Creates a `Gauge` instrument
 
         Args:
             name: The name of the instrument to be created

diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/instrument.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/instrument.py
@@ -398,9 +398,7 @@ def _create_real_instrument(
         )
 
 class Gauge(Synchronous):
-    """A Gauge is a synchronous `Instrument` which reports non-additive value(s) (e.g.
-    the room temperature - it makes no sense to report the temperature value from multiple rooms
-    and sum them up) when the instrument is being observed."""
+    """A Gauge is a synchronous `Instrument` which can be used to record non-additive values as they occur."""
     @abstractmethod
     def set(
         self,