diff --git a/content/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/templates/tracespan/index.html b/content/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/templates/tracespan/index.html
index b9aa2a371e..25b7846b3d 100644
--- a/content/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/templates/tracespan/index.html
+++ b/content/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/templates/tracespan/index.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
   startTime: request.time
   endTime: response.time
   clientSpan: (context.reporter.local | true) == false
-  rewriteClientSpanId: false
+  rewriteClientSpanId: "false"
   spanTags:
     http.method: request.method | ""
     http.status_code: response.code | 200