diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/example/client/client.go b/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/example/client/client.go
index 757128f2b17..45910b97664 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/example/client/client.go
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/example/client/client.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ func main() {
 	client := http.Client{
 		Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(
 			http.DefaultTransport,
+			// By setting the otelhttptrace client in this transport, it can be
+			// injected into the context after the span is started, which makes the
+			// httptrace spans childs of the transport one.
 			otelhttp.WithClientTrace(func(ctx context.Context) *httptrace.ClientTrace {
 				return otelhttptrace.NewClientTrace(ctx)
 			}),