diff --git a/specification/README.md b/specification/README.md
index 0ccefab93..cba083b25 100644
--- a/specification/README.md
+++ b/specification/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Semantic Conventions are defined for the following areas:
 
 * [General](general/README.md): General Semantic Conventions.
 * [Exceptions](exceptions/README.md): Semantic Conventions for Exceptions.
+* [CloudEvents](cloudevents/README.md): Semantic Conventions for the CloudEvents specification.
 * [HTTP](http/README.md): Semantic Conventions for HTTP client and server operations.
 * [Database](database/README.md): Semantic Conventions for database operations.
 * [System](system/README.md): System Semantic Conventions.
diff --git a/specification/cloudevents/README.md b/specification/cloudevents/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..769151c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/cloudevents/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Semantic conventions for CloudEvents
+
+**Status**: [Experimental][DocumentStatus]
+
+This document defines semantic conventions for the [CloudEvents specification](https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/v1.0.2/cloudevents/spec.md#overview).
+
+Semantic conventions for CloudEvents are defined for the following signals:
+
+* [CloudEvents Spans](cloudevents-spans.md): Semantic Conventions for modeling CloudEvents as *spans*.
+
+[DocumentStatus]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/v1.21.0/specification/document-status.md
diff --git a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/cloudevents.md b/specification/cloudevents/cloudevents-spans.md
similarity index 99%
rename from specification/trace/semantic_conventions/cloudevents.md
rename to specification/cloudevents/cloudevents-spans.md
index ed0be9179..830ffbd4d 100644
--- a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/cloudevents.md
+++ b/specification/cloudevents/cloudevents-spans.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# CloudEvents
+# Semantic conventions for CloudEvents spans
 
 **Status**: [Experimental][DocumentStatus]