diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/traces.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/traces.go
index b56dda2f87b..5a06d34f5b3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/traces.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/traces.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func WithTracing(handler http.Handler, tp trace.TracerProvider) http.Handler {
 			if !exist {
 				return "KubernetesAPI"
 			}
-			return getSpanNameFromRequestInfo(info)
+			return getSpanNameFromRequestInfo(info, r)
 		}),
 	}
 	wrappedHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ func WithTracing(handler http.Handler, tp trace.TracerProvider) http.Handler {
 	return otelhttp.NewHandler(wrappedHandler, "KubernetesAPI", opts...)
 }
 
-func getSpanNameFromRequestInfo(info *request.RequestInfo) string {
+func getSpanNameFromRequestInfo(info *request.RequestInfo, r *http.Request) string {
 	if !info.IsResourceRequest {
-		return info.Path
+		return r.Method + " " + info.Path
 	}
 
 	spanName := "/" + info.APIPrefix
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ func getSpanNameFromRequestInfo(info *request.RequestInfo) string {
 	if info.Subresource != "" {
 		spanName += "/" + info.Subresource
 	}
-	return spanName
+	return r.Method + " " + spanName
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/tracing/tracing_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/tracing/tracing_test.go
index f7bca4798a8..60b49c7ed15 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/tracing/tracing_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/tracing/tracing_test.go
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ endpoint: %s`, listener.Addr().String())), os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
 			},
 			expectedTrace: []*spanExpectation{
 				{
-					name: "/api/v1/nodes",
+					name: "POST /api/v1/nodes",
 					attributes: map[string]func(*commonv1.AnyValue) bool{
 						"http.user_agent": func(v *commonv1.AnyValue) bool {
 							return strings.HasPrefix(v.GetStringValue(), "tracing.test")
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ endpoint: %s`, listener.Addr().String())), os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
 			},
 			expectedTrace: []*spanExpectation{
 				{
-					name: "/api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
+					name: "GET /api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
 					attributes: map[string]func(*commonv1.AnyValue) bool{
 						"http.user_agent": func(v *commonv1.AnyValue) bool {
 							return strings.HasPrefix(v.GetStringValue(), "tracing.test")
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ endpoint: %s`, listener.Addr().String())), os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
 			},
 			expectedTrace: []*spanExpectation{
 				{
-					name: "/api/v1/nodes",
+					name: "GET /api/v1/nodes",
 					attributes: map[string]func(*commonv1.AnyValue) bool{
 						"http.user_agent": func(v *commonv1.AnyValue) bool {
 							return strings.HasPrefix(v.GetStringValue(), "tracing.test")
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ endpoint: %s`, listener.Addr().String())), os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
 			},
 			expectedTrace: []*spanExpectation{
 				{
-					name: "/api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
+					name: "PUT /api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
 					attributes: map[string]func(*commonv1.AnyValue) bool{
 						"http.user_agent": func(v *commonv1.AnyValue) bool {
 							return strings.HasPrefix(v.GetStringValue(), "tracing.test")
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ endpoint: %s`, listener.Addr().String())), os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
 			},
 			expectedTrace: []*spanExpectation{
 				{
-					name: "/api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
+					name: "PATCH /api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
 					attributes: map[string]func(*commonv1.AnyValue) bool{
 						"http.user_agent": func(v *commonv1.AnyValue) bool {
 							return strings.HasPrefix(v.GetStringValue(), "tracing.test")
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ endpoint: %s`, listener.Addr().String())), os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
 			},
 			expectedTrace: []*spanExpectation{
 				{
-					name: "/api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
+					name: "DELETE /api/v1/nodes/{:name}",
 					attributes: map[string]func(*commonv1.AnyValue) bool{
 						"http.user_agent": func(v *commonv1.AnyValue) bool {
 							return strings.HasPrefix(v.GetStringValue(), "tracing.test")