diff --git a/extra/redisotel/go.sum b/extra/redisotel/go.sum
index 1bcf1e7f..63728ad3 100644
--- a/extra/redisotel/go.sum
+++ b/extra/redisotel/go.sum
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+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0/go.mod h1:LY+I3pBVzYsTBU1AnDwOSxaYi9WoWiqgwooUqq9yPro=
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@@ -74,8 +76,9 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
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+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220225172249-27dd8689420f h1:oA4XRj0qtSt8Yo1Zms0CUlsT3KG69V2UGQWPBxujDmc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220225172249-27dd8689420f/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su4UZFWDARRcnwPjda9FqA0JpMk=
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@@ -92,13 +95,16 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
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diff --git a/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go b/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go
index 70157806..7e0871d4 100644
--- a/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go
+++ b/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 type TracingHook struct {
-	tracer trace.Tracer
-	attrs  []attribute.KeyValue
+	tracer        trace.Tracer
+	attrs         []attribute.KeyValue
+	dbStmtEnabled bool
 }
 
 func NewTracingHook(opts ...Option) *TracingHook {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ func NewTracingHook(opts ...Option) *TracingHook {
 		attrs: []attribute.KeyValue{
 			semconv.DBSystemRedis,
 		},
+		dbStmtEnabled: true,
 	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt.apply(cfg)
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func NewTracingHook(opts ...Option) *TracingHook {
 		defaultTracerName,
 		trace.WithInstrumentationVersion("semver:"+redis.Version()),
 	)
-	return &TracingHook{tracer: tracer, attrs: cfg.attrs}
+	return &TracingHook{tracer: tracer, attrs: cfg.attrs, dbStmtEnabled: cfg.dbStmtEnabled}
 }
 
 func (th *TracingHook) BeforeProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd redis.Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
@@ -48,9 +50,12 @@ func (th *TracingHook) BeforeProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd redis.Cmder) (cont
 	opts := []trace.SpanStartOption{
 		trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindClient),
 		trace.WithAttributes(th.attrs...),
-		trace.WithAttributes(
+	}
+
+	if th.dbStmtEnabled {
+		opts = append(opts, trace.WithAttributes(
 			semconv.DBStatementKey.String(rediscmd.CmdString(cmd)),
-		),
+		))
 	}
 
 	ctx, _ = th.tracer.Start(ctx, cmd.FullName(), opts...)
@@ -78,11 +83,16 @@ func (th *TracingHook) BeforeProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []redis.C
 		trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindClient),
 		trace.WithAttributes(th.attrs...),
 		trace.WithAttributes(
-			semconv.DBStatementKey.String(cmdsString),
 			attribute.Int("db.redis.num_cmd", len(cmds)),
 		),
 	}
 
+	if th.dbStmtEnabled {
+		opts = append(opts, trace.WithAttributes(
+			semconv.DBStatementKey.String(cmdsString),
+		))
+	}
+
 	ctx, _ = th.tracer.Start(ctx, "pipeline "+summary, opts...)
 
 	return ctx, nil
@@ -105,8 +115,9 @@ func recordError(ctx context.Context, span trace.Span, err error) {
 }
 
 type config struct {
-	tp    trace.TracerProvider
-	attrs []attribute.KeyValue
+	tp            trace.TracerProvider
+	attrs         []attribute.KeyValue
+	dbStmtEnabled bool
 }
 
 // Option specifies instrumentation configuration options.
@@ -136,3 +147,10 @@ func WithAttributes(attrs ...attribute.KeyValue) Option {
 		cfg.attrs = append(cfg.attrs, attrs...)
 	})
 }
+
+// WithDBStatement tells the tracing hook not to log raw redis commands.
+func WithDBStatement(on bool) Option {
+	return optionFunc(func(conf *config) {
+		conf.dbStmtEnabled = on
+	})
+}
diff --git a/extra/redisotel/redisotel_test.go b/extra/redisotel/redisotel_test.go
index 68aacc4a..e257b8e5 100644
--- a/extra/redisotel/redisotel_test.go
+++ b/extra/redisotel/redisotel_test.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package redisotel_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.7.0"
 	"testing"
 
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.7.0"
+
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/extra/redisotel/v8"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
@@ -62,7 +63,41 @@ func TestNewWithAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 	if !(attrs[1] == semconv.NetPeerNameKey.String("localhost")) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected attrs[1] to be semconv.NetPeerNameKey.String(\"localhost\"), got: %v", attrs[1])
 	}
+
 	if !(attrs[2] == semconv.DBStatementKey.String("ping")) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected attrs[2] to be semconv.DBStatementKey.String(\"ping\"), got: %v", attrs[2])
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNewWithAttributesWithoutDBStatement(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider()
+	hook := redisotel.NewTracingHook(
+		redisotel.WithTracerProvider(provider),
+		redisotel.WithAttributes(semconv.NetPeerNameKey.String("localhost")),
+		redisotel.WithDBStatement(false),
+	)
+	ctx, span := provider.Tracer("redis-test").Start(context.TODO(), "redis-test")
+	cmd := redis.NewCmd(ctx, "ping")
+	defer span.End()
+
+	ctx, err := hook.BeforeProcess(ctx, cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = hook.AfterProcess(ctx, cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	attrs := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx).(sdktrace.ReadOnlySpan).Attributes()
+	if !(attrs[0] == semconv.DBSystemRedis) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected attrs[0] to be semconv.DBSystemRedis, got: %v", attrs[0])
+	}
+	if !(attrs[1] == semconv.NetPeerNameKey.String("localhost")) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected attrs[1] to be semconv.NetPeerNameKey.String(\"localhost\"), got: %v", attrs[1])
+	}
+
+	if len(attrs) == 3 && (attrs[2] == semconv.DBStatementKey.String("ping")) {
+		t.Fatalf("did not expect attrs[2] to be semconv.DBStatementKey.String(\"ping\"), got: %v", attrs[2])
+	}
+}