diff --git a/docs/http/http-spans.md b/docs/http/http-spans.md
index 1193cf2cb0..9ed7173c1b 100644
--- a/docs/http/http-spans.md
+++ b/docs/http/http-spans.md
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Retries and redirects cause more than one physical HTTP request to be sent.
 A request is resent when an HTTP client library sends more than one HTTP request to satisfy the same API call.
 This may happen due to following redirects, authorization challenges, 503 Server Unavailable, network issues, or any other.
 
-Each time an HTTP request is resent, the `http.resend_count` attribute SHOULD be added to each repeated span and set to the ordinal number of the request resend attempt.
+Each time an HTTP request is resent, the `http.request.resend_count` attribute SHOULD be added to each repeated span and set to the ordinal number of the request resend attempt.
 
 See the examples for more details about:
 
@@ -433,11 +433,11 @@ request (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s1)
   |   |
   |   --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s3)
   |
-  -- GET / - 500 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s4, http.resend_count=1)
+  -- GET / - 500 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s4, http.request.resend_count=1)
   |   |
   |   --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s5)
   |
-  -- GET / - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s6, http.resend_count=2)
+  -- GET / - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s6, http.request.resend_count=2)
       |
       --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s7)
 ```
@@ -449,11 +449,11 @@ GET / - 500 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s1)
  |
  --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s2)
 
-GET / - 500 (CLIENT, trace=t2, span=s1, http.resend_count=1)
+GET / - 500 (CLIENT, trace=t2, span=s1, http.request.resend_count=1)
  |
  --- server (SERVER, trace=t2, span=s2)
 
-GET / - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t3, span=s1, http.resend_count=2)
+GET / - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t3, span=s1, http.request.resend_count=2)
  |
  --- server (SERVER, trace=t3, span=s1)
 ```
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ request (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s1)
   |   |
   |   --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s3)
   |
-  -- GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s4, http.resend_count=1)
+  -- GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s4, http.request.resend_count=1)
       |
       --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s5)
 ```
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ GET /hello - 401 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s1)
  |
  --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s2)
 
-GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t2, span=s1, http.resend_count=1)
+GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t2, span=s1, http.request.resend_count=1)
  |
  --- server (SERVER, trace=t2, span=s2)
 ```
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ request (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s1)
   |   |
   |   --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s3)
   |
-  -- GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s4, http.resend_count=1)
+  -- GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s4, http.request.resend_count=1)
       |
       --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s5)
 ```
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ GET / - 302 (CLIENT, trace=t1, span=s1)
  |
  --- server (SERVER, trace=t1, span=s2)
 
-GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t2, span=s1, http.resend_count=1)
+GET /hello - 200 (CLIENT, trace=t2, span=s1, http.request.resend_count=1)
  |
  --- server (SERVER, trace=t2, span=s2)
 ```