diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/exporter.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/exporter.h
index d1708e56c1..5a66f11815 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/exporter.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/exporter.h
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 #pragma once
 
 #include <memory>
@@ -22,7 +38,17 @@ enum class ExportResult
    * Exporting failed. The caller must not retry exporting the same batch; the
    * batch must be dropped.
    */
-  kFailure
+  kFailure = 1,
+
+  /**
+   * The collection does not have enough space to receive the export batch.
+   */
+  kFailureFull = 2,
+
+  /**
+   * The export() function was passed an invalid argument.
+   */
+  kFailureInvalidArgument = 3,
 };
 /**
  * MetricsExporter defines the interface that protocol-specific span exporters must
@@ -39,12 +65,6 @@ class MetricsExporter
    * @param records a vector of unique pointers to metric records
    */
   virtual ExportResult Export(const std::vector<Record> &records) noexcept = 0;
-
-  /**
-   * In the Metrics specification, there is no Shutdown function required for exporters
-   * The Shutdown function can be implemented within exporters that wish to have one,
-   * but will not be enforced through this header
-   */
 };
 }  // namespace metrics
 }  // namespace sdk