diff --git a/include/xrpl/telemetry/DeterministicIdGenerator.h b/include/xrpl/telemetry/DeterministicIdGenerator.h
index d284a2d4b4..b0ec492e55 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/telemetry/DeterministicIdGenerator.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/telemetry/DeterministicIdGenerator.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace xrpl::telemetry {
  * @code
  * // With an active parent span, startSpan() inherits the parent's trace_id
  * // and the SDK does NOT call GenerateTraceId(), so no PendingTraceId is used.
- * // auto child = parentGuard.childSpan("subtask");  // random/parent trace_id
+ * // auto child = parentGuard.childSpan(rpc_span::op::process);  // random/parent trace_id
  * @endcode
  */
 class DeterministicIdGenerator final : public opentelemetry::sdk::trace::IdGenerator
diff --git a/include/xrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.h b/include/xrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.h
index 8d2aa15dab..f5f3319b14 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.h
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ public:
  *         TraceCategory::Rpc, rpc_span::prefix::command, commandName);
  *     span.setAttribute(rpc_span::attr::command, commandName);
  *     // childSpan parents to `span` because it is active on this thread
- *     auto child = span.childSpan(rpc_span::op::dispatch);
+ *     auto child = span.childSpan(rpc_span::op::process);
  * @endcode
  *
  * 2. Capture on this thread, hand off to another (edge case):