diff --git a/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/otel-collector-config.yaml b/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/otel-collector-config.yaml
index bdb7ad12..513c8a0b 100644
--- a/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/otel-collector-config.yaml
+++ b/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/otel-collector-config.yaml
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@ receivers:
             fatal3: alert
             fatal4: emergency
 
-      # TODO(aaronabbott): uncomment once the log4j2 config is correctly outputing the
-      # logging.googleapis.com/trace_sampled value
-      ## set trace_flags to SAMPLED if GCP attribute is set to true
-      # - type: add
-      #   field: body.trace_flags
-      #   value: "01"
-      #   if: body["logging.googleapis.com/trace_sampled"] == true
+      # set trace_flags to SAMPLED if GCP attribute is set to true
+      - type: add
+        field: body.trace_flags
+        value: "01"
+        if: body["logging.googleapis.com/trace_sampled"] == true
 
       # parse the trace context fields from GCP attributes
       - type: regex_parser
diff --git a/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index cc5cfad8..5a8d68ae 100644
--- a/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/examples/instrumentation-quickstart/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 <Configuration status="WARN">
   <Appenders>
     <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <!-- TODO(#331): output logging.googleapis.com/trace_sampled as a boolean -->
       <!-- [START opentelemetry_instrumentation_setup_logging] -->
       <!-- Format JSON logs for the Cloud Logging agent
       https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging#special-payload-fields -->