diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go
index ef95706f40f..e2d99dc22c1 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/retry"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 )
 
@@ -280,14 +281,18 @@ func WithEndpoint(endpoint string) GenericOption {
 	})
 }
 
-func WithEndpointURL(r string) GenericOption {
+func WithEndpointURL(v string) GenericOption {
 	return newGenericOption(func(cfg Config) Config {
-		if u, err := url.Parse(r); err == nil {
-			cfg.Metrics.Endpoint = u.Host
-			cfg.Metrics.URLPath = u.Path
-			if u.Scheme != "https" {
-				cfg.Metrics.Insecure = true
-			}
+		u, err := url.Parse(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			global.Error(err, "otlpmetric: parse endpoint url", "url", v)
+			return cfg
+		}
+
+		cfg.Metrics.Endpoint = u.Host
+		cfg.Metrics.URLPath = u.Path
+		if u.Scheme != "https" {
+			cfg.Metrics.Insecure = true
 		}
 
 		return cfg
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go
index 563f4a9e205..253539d7a3c 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/retry"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 )
 
@@ -280,14 +281,18 @@ func WithEndpoint(endpoint string) GenericOption {
 	})
 }
 
-func WithEndpointURL(r string) GenericOption {
+func WithEndpointURL(v string) GenericOption {
 	return newGenericOption(func(cfg Config) Config {
-		if u, err := url.Parse(r); err == nil {
-			cfg.Metrics.Endpoint = u.Host
-			cfg.Metrics.URLPath = u.Path
-			if u.Scheme != "https" {
-				cfg.Metrics.Insecure = true
-			}
+		u, err := url.Parse(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			global.Error(err, "otlpmetric: parse endpoint url", "url", v)
+			return cfg
+		}
+
+		cfg.Metrics.Endpoint = u.Host
+		cfg.Metrics.URLPath = u.Path
+		if u.Scheme != "https" {
+			cfg.Metrics.Insecure = true
 		}
 
 		return cfg
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
index 5e42fd5bd34..f0203cbe723 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/retry"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -266,14 +267,18 @@ func WithEndpoint(endpoint string) GenericOption {
 	})
 }
 
-func WithEndpointURL(r string) GenericOption {
+func WithEndpointURL(v string) GenericOption {
 	return newGenericOption(func(cfg Config) Config {
-		if u, err := url.Parse(r); err == nil {
-			cfg.Traces.Endpoint = u.Host
-			cfg.Traces.URLPath = u.Path
-			if u.Scheme != "https" {
-				cfg.Traces.Insecure = true
-			}
+		u, err := url.Parse(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			global.Error(err, "otlptrace: parse endpoint url", "url", v)
+			return cfg
+		}
+
+		cfg.Traces.Endpoint = u.Host
+		cfg.Traces.URLPath = u.Path
+		if u.Scheme != "https" {
+			cfg.Traces.Insecure = true
 		}
 
 		return cfg
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
index d9b9ce2f067..3b81641a764 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/retry"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -266,14 +267,18 @@ func WithEndpoint(endpoint string) GenericOption {
 	})
 }
 
-func WithEndpointURL(r string) GenericOption {
+func WithEndpointURL(v string) GenericOption {
 	return newGenericOption(func(cfg Config) Config {
-		if u, err := url.Parse(r); err == nil {
-			cfg.Traces.Endpoint = u.Host
-			cfg.Traces.URLPath = u.Path
-			if u.Scheme != "https" {
-				cfg.Traces.Insecure = true
-			}
+		u, err := url.Parse(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			global.Error(err, "otlptrace: parse endpoint url", "url", v)
+			return cfg
+		}
+
+		cfg.Traces.Endpoint = u.Host
+		cfg.Traces.URLPath = u.Path
+		if u.Scheme != "https" {
+			cfg.Traces.Insecure = true
 		}
 
 		return cfg
diff --git a/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl b/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl
index 8cdf4aad2d7..8fb706f76c9 100644
--- a/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl
+++ b/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
 
 	"{{ .retryImportPath }}"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 )
 
@@ -280,14 +281,18 @@ func WithEndpoint(endpoint string) GenericOption {
 	})
 }
 
-func WithEndpointURL(r string) GenericOption {
+func WithEndpointURL(v string) GenericOption {
 	return newGenericOption(func(cfg Config) Config {
-		if u, err := url.Parse(r); err == nil {
-			cfg.Metrics.Endpoint = u.Host
-			cfg.Metrics.URLPath = u.Path
-			if u.Scheme != "https" {
-				cfg.Metrics.Insecure = true
-			}
+		u, err := url.Parse(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			global.Error(err, "otlpmetric: parse endpoint url", "url", v)
+			return cfg
+		}
+
+		cfg.Metrics.Endpoint = u.Host
+		cfg.Metrics.URLPath = u.Path
+		if u.Scheme != "https" {
+			cfg.Metrics.Insecure = true
 		}
 
 		return cfg
diff --git a/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl b/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl
index 29fa28c0d84..1d5613c44fd 100644
--- a/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl
+++ b/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace"
 	"{{ .retryImportPath }}"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -266,14 +267,18 @@ func WithEndpoint(endpoint string) GenericOption {
 	})
 }
 
-func WithEndpointURL(r string) GenericOption {
+func WithEndpointURL(v string) GenericOption {
 	return newGenericOption(func(cfg Config) Config {
-		if u, err := url.Parse(r); err == nil {
-			cfg.Traces.Endpoint = u.Host
-			cfg.Traces.URLPath = u.Path
-			if u.Scheme != "https" {
-				cfg.Traces.Insecure = true
-			}
+		u, err := url.Parse(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			global.Error(err, "otlptrace: parse endpoint url", "url", v)
+			return cfg
+		}
+
+		cfg.Traces.Endpoint = u.Host
+		cfg.Traces.URLPath = u.Path
+		if u.Scheme != "https" {
+			cfg.Traces.Insecure = true
 		}
 
 		return cfg