diff --git a/packages/node/test/integration/transactions.test.ts b/packages/node/test/integration/transactions.test.ts
index 443590601281..a54d3c5f73bb 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/integration/transactions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/integration/transactions.test.ts
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ describe('Integration | Transactions', () => {
     expect(logs).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining([
         'SpanExporter dropped 2 spans because they were pending for more than 300 seconds.',
-        'SpanExporter exported 1 spans, 0 unsent spans remaining',
+        'SpanExporter exported 1 spans, 0 spans are waiting for their parent spans to finish',
       ]),
     );
   });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
index ad044372e0df..8ccb0a6421cb 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ export class SentrySpanExporter {
     const remainingOpenSpanCount = finishedSpans.length - sentSpanCount;
 
     DEBUG_BUILD &&
-      logger.log(`SpanExporter exported ${sentSpanCount} spans, ${remainingOpenSpanCount} unsent spans remaining`);
+      logger.log(
+        `SpanExporter exported ${sentSpanCount} spans, ${remainingOpenSpanCount} spans are waiting for their parent spans to finish`,
+      );
 
     sentSpans.forEach(span => {
       const bucketEntry = this._spansToBucketEntry.get(span);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry/test/integration/transactions.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry/test/integration/transactions.test.ts
index bc0179b55e38..d225fb1a0194 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry/test/integration/transactions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry/test/integration/transactions.test.ts
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ describe('Integration | Transactions', () => {
     expect(logs).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining([
         'SpanExporter dropped 2 spans because they were pending for more than 300 seconds.',
-        'SpanExporter exported 1 spans, 0 unsent spans remaining',
+        'SpanExporter exported 1 spans, 0 spans are waiting for their parent spans to finish',
       ]),
     );
   });