diff --git a/docs/docs/guides/assets/multi-stage-delivery/application-production.yaml b/docs/docs/guides/assets/multi-stage-delivery/application-production.yaml
index 24550e16e7..80eee6e814 100644
--- a/docs/docs/guides/assets/multi-stage-delivery/application-production.yaml
+++ b/docs/docs/guides/assets/multi-stage-delivery/application-production.yaml
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   metadata:
     commitID: {{.Values.commitID}}
+  spanLinks:
+    - {{.Values.traceParent}} # (1)!
diff --git a/docs/docs/guides/multi-stage-application-delivery.md b/docs/docs/guides/multi-stage-application-delivery.md
index 5668c9dd0a..70ee6e30c3 100644
--- a/docs/docs/guides/multi-stage-application-delivery.md
+++ b/docs/docs/guides/multi-stage-application-delivery.md
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ containing the manifests for the `dev` and `production` stage:
     {% include "./assets/multi-stage-delivery/application-production.yaml" %}
     ```
 
+    1. Setting the spanLink here connects deployment traces of this stage with the traces of the dev stage
+
 === "production/Chart.yaml"
 
     The `Chart.yaml` that is required by helm: