diff --git a/src/ast/spans.rs b/src/ast/spans.rs
index 0300b29f4..8d68a6e2a 100644
--- a/src/ast/spans.rs
+++ b/src/ast/spans.rs
@@ -43,20 +43,26 @@ fn union_spans<I: Iterator<Item = Span>>(iter: I) -> Span {
 /// # use sqlparser::parser::{Parser, ParserError};
 /// # use sqlparser::ast::Spanned;
 /// # use sqlparser::dialect::GenericDialect;
+/// # use sqlparser::tokenizer::Location;
 /// # fn main() -> Result<(), ParserError> {
 /// let dialect = GenericDialect {};
+/// let sql = r#"SELECT *
+///   FROM table_1"#;
 /// let statements = Parser::new(&dialect)
-///   .try_with_sql("SELECT * FROM table_1")?
+///   .try_with_sql(sql)?
 ///   .parse_statements()?;
 /// let span = statements[0].span();
-/// assert!(span.
+/// // statement starts at line 1, column 1 (1 based, not 0 based)
+/// assert_eq!(span.start, Location::new(1, 1));
+/// // statement ends on line 2, column 15
+/// assert_eq!(span.end, Location::new(2, 15));
 /// # Ok(())
 /// # }
 /// ```
 ///
 pub trait Spanned {
-    /// Return the source [`Span`] for this AST node, by recursively
-    /// combining the spans of its children.
+    /// Return the [`Span`] (the minimum and maximum [`Location`]) for this AST
+    /// node, by recursively combining the spans of its children.
     fn span(&self) -> Span;
 }