diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
index 4a9cbb523..41f08713a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
@@ -794,8 +794,8 @@ public GrpcBlobReadChannel reader(String bucket, String blob, BlobSourceOption..
 
   @Override
   public GrpcBlobReadChannel reader(BlobId blob, BlobSourceOption... options) {
-    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("reader", this.getClass().getName());
-    try (Scope unused = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
+    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("reader", MODULE_STORAGE);
+    try (Scope ignore = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
       Opts<ObjectSourceOpt> opts = Opts.unwrap(options).resolveFrom(blob).prepend(defaultOpts);
       ReadObjectRequest request = getReadObjectRequest(blob, opts);
       GrpcCallContext grpcCallContext = Retrying.newCallContext();
@@ -856,8 +856,8 @@ public void downloadTo(BlobId blob, OutputStream outputStream, BlobSourceOption.
 
   @Override
   public GrpcBlobWriteChannel writer(BlobInfo blobInfo, BlobWriteOption... options) {
-    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("writer", this.getClass().getName());
-    try (Scope unused = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
+    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("writer", MODULE_STORAGE);
+    try (Scope ignore = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
       Opts<ObjectTargetOpt> opts = Opts.unwrap(options).resolveFrom(blobInfo).prepend(defaultOpts);
       GrpcCallContext grpcCallContext =
           opts.grpcMetadataMapper().apply(GrpcCallContext.createDefault());
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImpl.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImpl.java
index 7580d444a..70ba16d15 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImpl.java
@@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ public StorageReadChannel reader(String bucket, String blob, BlobSourceOption...
 
   @Override
   public StorageReadChannel reader(BlobId blob, BlobSourceOption... options) {
-    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("reader", this.getClass().getName());
-    try (Scope unused = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
+    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("reader", MODULE_STORAGE);
+    try (Scope ignored = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
       Opts<ObjectSourceOpt> opts = Opts.unwrap(options).resolveFrom(blob);
       StorageObject storageObject = Conversions.json().blobId().encode(blob);
       ImmutableMap<StorageRpc.Option, ?> optionsMap = opts.getRpcOptions();
@@ -789,8 +789,8 @@ public void downloadTo(BlobId blob, OutputStream outputStream, BlobSourceOption.
 
   @Override
   public StorageWriteChannel writer(BlobInfo blobInfo, BlobWriteOption... options) {
-    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("writer", this.getClass().getName());
-    try (Scope unused = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
+    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("writer", MODULE_STORAGE);
+    try (Scope ignored = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
       Opts<ObjectTargetOpt> opts = Opts.unwrap(options).resolveFrom(blobInfo);
       final Map<StorageRpc.Option, ?> optionsMap = opts.getRpcOptions();
       BlobInfo.Builder builder = blobInfo.toBuilder().setMd5(null).setCrc32c(null);
@@ -819,8 +819,8 @@ public StorageWriteChannel writer(BlobInfo blobInfo, BlobWriteOption... options)
 
   @Override
   public StorageWriteChannel writer(URL signedURL) {
-    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("writer", this.getClass().getName());
-    try (Scope unused = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
+    Span otelSpan = openTelemetryTraceUtil.startSpan("writer", MODULE_STORAGE);
+    try (Scope ignored = otelSpan.makeCurrent()) {
       // TODO: is it possible to know if a signed url is configured to have a constraint which makes
       //   it idempotent?
       ResultRetryAlgorithm<?> forResumableUploadSessionCreate =
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/otel/OpenTelemetryInstance.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/otel/OpenTelemetryInstance.java
index 87be2d56d..dd9f5d423 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/otel/OpenTelemetryInstance.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/otel/OpenTelemetryInstance.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public Scope makeCurrent() {
   @Override
   public OpenTelemetryTraceUtil.Span startSpan(String methodName, String module) {
     String formatSpanName = String.format("%s/%s", module, methodName);
-    SpanBuilder spanBuilder = tracer.spanBuilder(formatSpanName).setSpanKind(SpanKind.CLIENT);
+    SpanBuilder spanBuilder = tracer.spanBuilder(formatSpanName);
     io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span span =
         addSettingsAttributesToCurrentSpan(spanBuilder).startSpan();
     return new Span(span, formatSpanName);