Disclosed is an operation method of a session management function (SMF) apparatus for providing a user plane function (UPF) event exposure service in a wireless communication system, the operation method including: obtaining a UPF event exposure service subscription request from a consumer network function (NF) of a UPF event, wherein the UPF event exposure service subscription request includes reporting suggestion information; and providing the reporting suggestion information to a UPF on the basis of the UPF event exposure service subscription request, wherein the reporting suggestion information includes reporting detailed information applied to a result report for the UPF event.