diff --git a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/README.md b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/README.md
index 0277e22e5525..49a9e6acdeb8 100644
--- a/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/README.md
+++ b/sdk/ai/azure-ai-inference/README.md
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
 
 #### Configuration
 
-Enable Azure SDK tracing with by setting `AZURE_SDK_TRACING_IMPLEMENTATION` environment variable to `opentelemetry`.
+To enable Azure SDK tracing set `AZURE_SDK_TRACING_IMPLEMENTATION` environment variable to `opentelemetry`.
 
 Or configure it in the code with the following snippet: