diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
index 9dc1b15d82c..27a5a4b8f65 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ 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