diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
index caaa3f76aa7..5cc4daf1a93 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ datasources:
         # Field with an internal link pointing to a logs data source in Grafana.
         # datasourceUid value must match the uid value of the logs data source.
         datasourceUid: 'loki'
-        spanStartTimeShift: '1h'
-        spanEndTimeShift: '-1h'
+        spanStartTimeShift: '-1h'
+        spanEndTimeShift: '1h'
         tags: ['job', 'instance', 'pod', 'namespace']
         filterByTraceID: false
         filterBySpanID: false