diff --git a/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpUtil.java b/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpUtil.java
index 93909bd3255..4f763d25478 100644
--- a/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpUtil.java
+++ b/exporters/sender/okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpUtil.java
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ public static void setPropagateContextForTestingInDispatcher(
     OkHttpUtil.propagateContextForTestingInDispatcher = propagateContextForTestingInDispatcher;
   }
 
-  /** Returns a {@link Dispatcher} using daemon threads, otherwise matching the OkHttp default. */
+  /**
+   * Returns a {@link Dispatcher} using daemon threads, with both the maximum number of concurrent
+   * requests and the maximum size of the backing thread pool bounded to {@code
+   * max(availableProcessors, 5)}, matching the bound used by {@code JdkHttpSender}.
+   */
   public static Dispatcher newDispatcher() {
     int maxRequests = Math.max(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(), 5);
     Dispatcher dispatcher =