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 1ecf59d4543..6e36ffec862 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/traces.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/traces.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.17.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
 
 	tracing "k8s.io/component-base/tracing"
 )
@@ -32,6 +33,14 @@ func WithTracing(handler http.Handler, tp trace.TracerProvider) http.Handler {
 		otelhttp.WithPropagators(tracing.Propagators()),
 		otelhttp.WithPublicEndpoint(),
 		otelhttp.WithTracerProvider(tp),
+		otelhttp.WithSpanNameFormatter(func(operation string, r *http.Request) string {
+			ctx := r.Context()
+			info, exist := request.RequestInfoFrom(ctx)
+			if !exist || !info.IsResourceRequest {
+				return r.Method
+			}
+			return getSpanNameFromRequestInfo(info, r)
+		}),
 	}
 	wrappedHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// Add the http.target attribute to the otelhttp span
@@ -45,3 +54,22 @@ func WithTracing(handler http.Handler, tp trace.TracerProvider) http.Handler {
 	// See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/tree/main/example/passthrough
 	return otelhttp.NewHandler(wrappedHandler, "KubernetesAPI", opts...)
 }
+
+func getSpanNameFromRequestInfo(info *request.RequestInfo, r *http.Request) string {
+	spanName := "/" + info.APIPrefix
+	if info.APIGroup != "" {
+		spanName += "/" + info.APIGroup
+	}
+	spanName += "/" + info.APIVersion
+	if info.Namespace != "" {
+		spanName += "/namespaces/{:namespace}"
+	}
+	spanName += "/" + info.Resource
+	if info.Name != "" {
+		spanName += "/" + "{:name}"
+	}
+	if info.Subresource != "" {
+		spanName += "/" + info.Subresource
+	}
+	return r.Method + " " + spanName
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/tracing/tracing_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/tracing/tracing_test.go
index c3cdc15bb5e..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: "KubernetesAPI",
+					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: "KubernetesAPI",
+					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: "KubernetesAPI",
+					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: "KubernetesAPI",
+					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: "KubernetesAPI",
+					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: "KubernetesAPI",
+					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")