Explain how to disable self-tracing (#813)

## Which problem is this PR solving? - Resolves #394 again (regression in v2 docs) ## Description of the changes - Explain `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER=always_off` environment variable. Signed-off-by: Yuri Shkuro <[email protected]>
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 ## Traces
 
 Jaeger has the ability to trace some of its own components, namely the requests to the Query service. For example, if you start `all-in-one` as described in [Getting Started](../getting-started/), and refresh the UI screen a few times, you will see `jaeger` populated in the Services dropdown.
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+Self-tracing can be disabled by setting `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER=always_off` environment variable.
diff --git a/content/docs/next-release-v2/monitoring.md b/content/docs/next-release-v2/monitoring.md
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 ## Traces
 
 Jaeger has the ability to trace some of its own components, namely the requests to the Query service. For example, if you start `all-in-one` as described in [Getting Started](../getting-started/), and refresh the UI screen a few times, you will see `jaeger` populated in the Services dropdown.
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+Self-tracing can be disabled by setting `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER=always_off` environment variable.
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		## Traces

		Jaeger has the ability to trace some of its own components, namely the requests to the Query service. For example, if you start `all-in-one` as described in [Getting Started](../getting-started/), and refresh the UI screen a few times, you will see `jaeger` populated in the Services dropdown.

		Self-tracing can be disabled by setting `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER=always_off` environment variable.