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 [[actuator.observability]]
 == Observability
 Observability is the ability to observe the internal state of a running system from the outside.
-It consists of the three pillars logging, metrics and traces.
+It consists of the three pillars: logging, metrics and traces.
 
 For metrics and traces, Spring Boot uses https://micrometer.io/docs/observation[Micrometer Observation].
 To create your own observations (which will lead to metrics and traces), you can inject an `ObservationRegistry`.