diff --git a/apps/opentelemetry_api/src/otel_span.erl b/apps/opentelemetry_api/src/otel_span.erl
index 805887af..45cf8b39 100644
--- a/apps/opentelemetry_api/src/otel_span.erl
+++ b/apps/opentelemetry_api/src/otel_span.erl
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ update_name(_, _) ->
 %% If `SpanCtx' is not recording, this function doesn't do anything.
 %% Returns the updated span context.
 -spec end_span(SpanCtx) -> SpanCtx when
-      SpanCtx :: opentelemetry:span_ctx().
+      SpanCtx :: opentelemetry:span_ctx() | undefined.
 end_span(SpanCtx=#span_ctx{span_sdk={Module, _}}) when ?is_recording(SpanCtx) ->
     _ = Module:end_span(SpanCtx, undefined),
     SpanCtx#span_ctx{is_recording=false};