diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/observability/langfuse_otel_integration.md b/docs/my-website/docs/observability/langfuse_otel_integration.md
index b4c9a2bd1ad..79ad2f6f75d 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/observability/langfuse_otel_integration.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/observability/langfuse_otel_integration.md
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ os.environ["LANGFUSE_OTEL_HOST"] = "https://cloud.langfuse.com"  # EU region
 # Or use self-hosted instance
 # os.environ["LANGFUSE_OTEL_HOST"] = "https://my-langfuse.company.com"
 
+# Optional: Ignore otel context propagation to prevent parent-child relationships with spans from other providers
+# os.environ["OTEL_IGNORE_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION"] = "true"
+
 litellm.callbacks = ["langfuse_otel"]
 ```
 
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@ export LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY="pk-lf-..."
 export LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY="sk-lf-..."
 export LANGFUSE_OTEL_HOST="https://us.cloud.langfuse.com"  # Default US region
 # export LANGFUSE_OTEL_HOST="https://otel.my-langfuse.company.com"  # custom OTEL endpoint
+
+# Optional: Ignore otel context propagation to prevent parent-child relationships with spans from other providers
+# export OTEL_IGNORE_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION="true"
 ```
 
 2. Setup config.yaml
diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/config_settings.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/config_settings.md
index f5b611a85a6..46f557d0422 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/config_settings.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/config_settings.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ litellm_settings:
 callback_settings:
   otel:
     message_logging: boolean # OTEL logging callback specific settings
+    ignore_context_propagation: boolean # if true, spans created by the OTEL callback will not have parent spans from other providers, even if OTEL context propagation is enabled. This can help prevent issues with incorrect parent-child relationships in spans when multiple providers are used.
 
 general_settings:
   completion_model: string