From 561f3c202928a67a485d4af79e622b667faf63c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tristan Sloughter <t@crashfast.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 05:11:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add CHANGELOG entry for #2121 no-op startspan clarification

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f20b80b2bd7..4b3cd8d7ff7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ release.
 
 ### Traces
 
+- Clarify `StartSpan` returning the parent as a non-recording Span when no SDK
+  is in use
+  ([#2121](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/2121))
+
 ### Metrics
 
 - Rename None aggregation to Drop.