# Settings for the methods instrumentation | System property | Type | Default | Description | |----------------- |------ |--------- |------------- | | `otel.instrumentation.methods.include` | String| None | List of methods to include for tracing. For more information, see [Creating spans around methods with `otel.instrumentation.methods.include`][cs]. [cs]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/instrumentation/java/annotations/#creating-spans-around-methods-with-otelinstrumentationmethodsinclude