diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts
index 09dfea1b94..11b0f3f318 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
       assert.ok(started);
     });
 
-    it('include attributes in onStart', () => {
+    it('should include attributes in onStart', () => {
       let attributes;
       const processor: SpanProcessor = {
         onStart: span => {