diff --git a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo.go b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo.go
index 34d7de62166..9c74d59969e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo.go
+++ b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (m *monitor) Started(ctx context.Context, evt *event.CommandStartedEvent) {
 	b, _ := bson.MarshalExtJSON(evt.Command, false, false)
 	attrs := []label.KeyValue{
 		ServiceName(m.serviceName),
-		ResourceName("mongo." + evt.CommandName),
+		DBOperation(evt.CommandName),
 		DBInstance(evt.DatabaseName),
 		DBStatement(string(b)),
 		DBSystem("mongodb"),
diff --git a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo_test.go b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo_test.go
index 28b5fe6bc39..b98b6c34a6b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo_test.go
+++ b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func Test(t *testing.T) {
 
 	s := spans[0]
 	assert.Equal(t, "mongo", s.Attributes[ServiceNameKey].AsString())
-	assert.Equal(t, "mongo.insert", s.Attributes[ResourceNameKey].AsString())
+	assert.Equal(t, "insert", s.Attributes[DBOperationKey].AsString())
 	assert.Equal(t, hostname, s.Attributes[PeerHostnameKey].AsString())
 	assert.Equal(t, port, s.Attributes[PeerPortKey].AsString())
 	assert.Contains(t, s.Attributes[DBStatementKey].AsString(), `"test-item":"test-value"`)
diff --git a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/tags.go b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/tags.go
index f9c8639c515..6fb7b708224 100644
--- a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/tags.go
+++ b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/tags.go
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@ package mongo
 import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 
 const (
-	TargetHostKey   = label.Key("out.host")
-	TargetPortKey   = label.Key("out.port")
-	HTTPMethodKey   = label.Key("http.method")
-	HTTPCodeKey     = label.Key("http.code")
-	HTTPURLKey      = label.Key("http.url")
-	SpanTypeKey     = label.Key("span.type")
-	ServiceNameKey  = label.Key("service.name")
-	ResourceNameKey = label.Key("resource.name")
-	ErrorKey        = label.Key("error")
-	ErrorMsgKey     = label.Key("error.msg")
+	TargetHostKey  = label.Key("out.host")
+	TargetPortKey  = label.Key("out.port")
+	ServiceNameKey = label.Key("service.name")
+	DBOperationKey = label.Key("db.operation")
+	ErrorKey       = label.Key("error")
+	ErrorMsgKey    = label.Key("error.msg")
 )
 
 // TargetHost sets the target host address.
@@ -39,34 +35,14 @@ func TargetPort(targetPort string) label.KeyValue {
 	return TargetPortKey.String(targetPort)
 }
 
-// HTTPMethod specifies the HTTP method used in a span.
-func HTTPMethod(httpMethod string) label.KeyValue {
-	return HTTPMethodKey.String(httpMethod)
-}
-
-// HTTPCode sets the HTTP status code as a attribute.
-func HTTPCode(httpCode string) label.KeyValue {
-	return HTTPCodeKey.String(httpCode)
-}
-
-// HTTPURL sets the HTTP URL for a span.
-func HTTPURL(httpURL string) label.KeyValue {
-	return HTTPURLKey.String(httpURL)
-}
-
-// SpanType defines the Span type (web, db, cache).
-func SpanType(spanType string) label.KeyValue {
-	return SpanTypeKey.String(spanType)
-}
-
 // ServiceName defines the Service name for this Span.
 func ServiceName(serviceName string) label.KeyValue {
 	return ServiceNameKey.String(serviceName)
 }
 
-// ResourceName defines the Resource name for the Span.
-func ResourceName(resourceName string) label.KeyValue {
-	return ResourceNameKey.String(resourceName)
+// DBOperation defines the name of the operation.
+func DBOperation(operation string) label.KeyValue {
+	return DBOperationKey.String(operation)
 }
 
 // Error specifies whether an error occurred.