diff --git a/specification/overview.md b/specification/overview.md
index b5b5b79722b..1ff4e1015ac 100644
--- a/specification/overview.md
+++ b/specification/overview.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ particular, a **Trace** can be thought of as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of
 **Spans**, where the edges between **Spans** are defined as parent/child
 relationship.
 
-For example, the following is an example **Trace** made up of 8 **Spans**:
+For example, the following is an example **Trace** made up of 6 **Spans**:
 
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 Causal relationships between Spans in a single Trace