diff --git a/develop-docs/sdk/telemetry/spans/span-protocol.mdx b/develop-docs/sdk/telemetry/spans/span-protocol.mdx
index 57edcf22384ec..2a27bb7615f4b 100644
--- a/develop-docs/sdk/telemetry/spans/span-protocol.mdx
+++ b/develop-docs/sdk/telemetry/spans/span-protocol.mdx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The envelope item payload must contain an `items` array with span one and up to
       "span_id": "438f40bd3b4a41ee",
       "name": "GET /users",
       "status": "ok",
-      "is_remote": true,
+      "is_segment": true,
       "kind": "server",
       "start_timestamp": 1742921669.158209,
       "end_timestamp": 1742921669.180536,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The envelope item payload must contain an `items` array with span one and up to
       "span_id": "f1196292f76e45c0",
       "name": "app.handle",
       "status": "ok",
-      "is_remote": false,
+      "is_segment": false,
       "kind": "server",
       "start_timestamp": 1742921669.178306,
       "end_timestamp": 1742921669.180484,
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ The envelope item payload must contain an `items` array with span one and up to
 | `parent_span_id` | string | No | 16-character hexadecimal string (a valid uuid4 without dashes) |
 | `name` | string | Yes | A low cardinality description of what the span represents (e.g., "GET /users", "database.query") |
 | `status` | string | Yes | Status of the span operation. Either `"ok"` or `"error"` |
-| `is_remote` | boolean | Yes | Whether the SpanContext creating the span was received from somewhere else or locally generated |
+| `is_segment` | boolean | Yes | Whether the span is a segment span |
 | `kind` | string | Yes | The kind of span. Values: `"server"`, `"client"`, `"producer"`, `"consumer"`, `"internal"` |
 | `start_timestamp` | number | Yes | Unix timestamp (with fractional microseconds) when the span was started |
 | `end_timestamp` | number | Yes | Unix timestamp (with fractional microseconds) when the span was ended |