diff --git a/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md b/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md
index e4beec9e51..a0a27c3434 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md
+++ b/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
     - Inject current trace context into outgoing `TMTransaction::trace_context`
     - Set `xrpl.tx.relay_count` attribute
 
-- Include `TracingInstrumentation.h` and use `XRPL_TRACE_TX` macro
+- Use `SpanGuard::span(TraceCategory::Transactions, "tx", "receive")` factory
+  (Phase 1c replaced macros with the SpanGuard factory pattern)
 
 **Key modified files**:
 
diff --git a/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase4_taskList.md b/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase4_taskList.md
index a5ef457efd..7a44d23e0c 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase4_taskList.md
+++ b/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase4_taskList.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 - Edit `src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp`:
   - In `RCLConsensus::startRound()` (or the Adaptor's startRound):
-    - Create `consensus.round` span using `XRPL_TRACE_CONSENSUS` macro
+    - Create `consensus.round` span using `SpanGuard::span(TraceCategory::Consensus, ...)`
     - Set attributes:
       - `xrpl.consensus.ledger.prev` — previous ledger hash
       - `xrpl.consensus.ledger.seq` — target ledger sequence