diff --git a/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/README.md b/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/README.md
index c9862552334e..84cc0a2f0e9d 100644
--- a/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/README.md
+++ b/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/README.md
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ As a reminder, a policy voting to sample the trace does not guarantee sampling;
 ### Tracking sampling policy
 To better understand _which_ sampling policy made the decision to include a trace, you can enable tracking the policy responsible for sampling a trace via the `processor.tailsamplingprocessor.recordpolicy` feature gate.
 
-When this feature gate is set, this will add additional attributes on each sampled span scope:
+When this feature gate is set, this will add additional attributes on each sampled span:
 
 | Attribute                       | Description                                                               | Present?                   |
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
diff --git a/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/internal/sampling/composite_test.go b/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/internal/sampling/composite_test.go
index 562537acf555..e422f2e7290b 100644
--- a/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/internal/sampling/composite_test.go
+++ b/processor/tailsamplingprocessor/internal/sampling/composite_test.go
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ func TestCompositeEvaluatorSampled_RecordSubPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := Sampled
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, decision)
 	val, ok := trace.ReceivedBatches.ResourceSpans().At(0).ScopeSpans().At(0).Scope().Attributes().Get("tailsampling.composite_policy")
-	if !ok {
-		assert.FailNow(t, "Did not find expected key")
-	}
+	assert.True(t, ok, "Did not find expected key")
 	assert.Equal(t, "eval-2", val.AsString())
 }
 
@@ -197,9 +195,7 @@ func TestCompositeEvaluatorInverseSampled_AlwaysSampled_RecordSubPolicy(t *testi
 		expected := Sampled
 		assert.Equal(t, expected, decision)
 		val, ok := trace.ReceivedBatches.ResourceSpans().At(0).ScopeSpans().At(0).Scope().Attributes().Get("tailsampling.composite_policy")
-		if !ok {
-			assert.FailNow(t, "Did not find expected key")
-		}
+		assert.True(t, ok, "Did not find expected key")
 		assert.Equal(t, "eval-2", val.AsString())
 	}
 }