diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
index f550c4fab7ba..3e72d2a1cc0f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ function getData(span: ReadableSpan): Record<string, unknown> {
     data.url = requestData.url;
   }
 
+  // TODO(v11): emit `url.query`/`url.fragment` (OTel-standard, no leading `?`/`#`) and drop
+  // this stripping + the `http.query`/`http.fragment` attributes. `http.query` is actually specced to
+  // keep the leading `?`, so stripping diverges from our own conventions; `url.query` sidesteps it.
   if (requestData['http.query']) {
     data['http.query'] = requestData['http.query'].slice(1);
   }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/parseSpanDescription.ts b/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/parseSpanDescription.ts
index ca1c1e6c6ebf..821803103cdf 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/parseSpanDescription.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/parseSpanDescription.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ export function descriptionForHttpMethod(
   if (query) {
     // Strip the leading `?`/`#` (the `URL.search`/`URL.hash` prefix) so the attribute matches the
     // canonical format the OTel SDK exporter emits (`getData` in `spanExporter.ts` slices these too).
+    // TODO(v11): emit `url.query`/`url.fragment` (OTel-standard, no leading `?`/`#`) and drop
+    // this stripping + `http.query`/`http.fragment`; `http.query` is specced to keep the leading `?`.
     data['http.query'] = query.slice(1);
   }
   if (fragment) {