diff --git a/MIGRATION.md b/MIGRATION.md
index 261ee10d0bf6..ec40640bad24 100644
--- a/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/MIGRATION.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Upgrading from 7.x to 8.x
 
+## Updated Logic for Browser Pageload Transactions
+
+The v8 release includes a behavioural change for pageload transactions. Transactions that track browser pageloads will
+now at least wait for the
+[`complete` document ready state](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/readyState) before being
+finished. Note that this change may affect span duration in Sentry - keep this in mind if you have alerts set up for
+this metric.
+
 ## Updated behaviour of `tracePropagationTargets` in the browser (HTTP tracing headers & CORS)
 
 We updated the behaviour of the SDKs when no `tracePropagationTargets` option was defined. As a reminder, you can
diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browserTracingIntegration.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browserTracingIntegration.ts
index 95dee0c42f5e..aa7a1ce70766 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browserTracingIntegration.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browserTracingIntegration.ts
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ export const browserTracingIntegration = ((_options: Partial<BrowserTracingOptio
 
     if (isPageloadTransaction && WINDOW.document) {
       WINDOW.document.addEventListener('readystatechange', () => {
-        if (['interactive', 'complete'].includes(WINDOW.document.readyState)) {
+        if (WINDOW.document.readyState === 'complete') {
           idleTransaction.sendAutoFinishSignal();
         }
       });
 
-      if (['interactive', 'complete'].includes(WINDOW.document.readyState)) {
+      if (WINDOW.document.readyState === 'complete') {
         idleTransaction.sendAutoFinishSignal();
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
index 393cd7c69016..2330d42dcfd5 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
@@ -363,12 +363,12 @@ export class BrowserTracing implements Integration {
 
     if (isPageloadTransaction) {
       WINDOW.document.addEventListener('readystatechange', () => {
-        if (['interactive', 'complete'].includes(WINDOW.document.readyState)) {
+        if (WINDOW.document.readyState === 'complete') {
           idleTransaction.sendAutoFinishSignal();
         }
       });
 
-      if (['interactive', 'complete'].includes(WINDOW.document.readyState)) {
+      if (WINDOW.document.readyState === 'complete') {
         idleTransaction.sendAutoFinishSignal();
       }
     }