diff --git a/packages/core/src/types-hoist/options.ts b/packages/core/src/types-hoist/options.ts
index 93f9be36ed25..4b0010f2b7d7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types-hoist/options.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types-hoist/options.ts
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export interface ClientOptions<TO extends BaseTransportOptions = BaseTransportOp
   beforeSend?: (event: ErrorEvent, hint: EventHint) => PromiseLike<ErrorEvent | null> | ErrorEvent | null;
 
   /**
-   * This function can be defined to modify or entirely drop a child span before it's sent.
+   * This function can be defined to modify a child span before it's sent.
    * Returning `null` will cause this span to be dropped.
    *
    * Note that this function is only called for child spans and not for the root span (formerly known as transaction).
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export interface ClientOptions<TO extends BaseTransportOptions = BaseTransportOp
    *
    * @param span The span generated by the SDK.
    *
-   * @returns A new span that will be sent or null if the span should not be sent.
+   * @returns The modified span payload that will be sent.
    */
   beforeSendSpan?: (span: SpanJSON) => SpanJSON;