diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
index d292e7400d5..c5aeeb9c264 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ datasources:
         query: 'method="$${__span.tags.method}"'
       tracesToMetrics:
         datasourceUid: 'prom'
-        spanStartTimeShift: '1h'
-        spanEndTimeShift: '-1h'
+        spanStartTimeShift: '-1h'
+        spanEndTimeShift: '1h'
         tags: [{ key: 'service.name', value: 'service' }, { key: 'job' }]
         queries:
           - name: 'Sample query'
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ datasources:
         hide: false
       traceQuery:
         timeShiftEnabled: true
-        spanStartTimeShift: '1h'
-        spanEndTimeShift: '-1h'
+        spanStartTimeShift: '-1h'
+        spanEndTimeShift: '1h'
       spanBar:
         type: 'Tag'
         tag: 'http.path'