diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/shared/config.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/shared/config.py
index 18f44690c9..5cddde86ec 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/shared/config.py
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/shared/config.py
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 
 
 class Config:
+    use_legacy_attributes = True
+    emit_prompt_events = True
+    emit_completion_events = True
     enrich_token_usage = False
     enrich_assistant = False
     exception_logger = None
     get_common_metrics_attributes: Callable[[], dict] = lambda: {}
-    upload_base64_image: Callable[[str, str, str], str] = lambda trace_id, span_id, base64_image_url: str
+    upload_base64_image: Callable[[str, str, str], str] = (
+        lambda trace_id, span_id, base64_image_url: str
+    )
     enable_trace_context_propagation: bool = True
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/utils.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/utils.py
index e0ab375a17..083053eb9a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/utils.py
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai/utils.py
@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ async def start_as_current_span_async(tracer, *args, **kwargs):
         yield span
 
 
+def record_prompt_and_completion(span, prompt: str, completion: str):
+    """
+    Emit prompt/completion as attributes or events based on Config.
+    """
+    if Config.use_legacy_attributes:
+        span.set_attribute("llm.prompt", prompt)
+        span.set_attribute("llm.completion", completion)
+    else:
+        if Config.emit_prompt_events:
+            span.add_event("prompt", {"llm.prompt": prompt})
+        if Config.emit_completion_events:
+            span.add_event("completion", {"llm.completion": completion})
+
+
 def dont_throw(func):
     """
     A decorator that wraps the passed in function and logs exceptions instead of throwing them.