diff --git a/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go b/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go
index b76431676a787..557ed5e93898b 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go
@@ -684,7 +684,8 @@ func resourceFromTags(meta map[string]string) string {
 			return m + " " + svc
 		}
 		return m
-		// Enrich GraphQL query resource names
+		// Enrich GraphQL query resource names.
+		// See https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.29.0/docs/graphql/graphql-spans.md
 	} else if typ := meta[semconv117.AttributeGraphqlOperationType]; typ != "" {
 		if name := meta[semconv117.AttributeGraphqlOperationName]; name != "" {
 			return typ + " " + name