diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a69d25844e..7dfc64cad99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ release.
 - Add attributes for Apache RocketMQ.
   ([#1904](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/1904))
 
+- Define http tracing attributes provided at span creation time
+  ([#1919](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/1916))
+
 ### Compatibility
 
 ### OpenTelemetry Protocol
diff --git a/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml b/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml
index 55b81f433ce..20adebca11c 100644
--- a/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml
+++ b/semantic_conventions/trace/http.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ groups:
         type: string
         required: always
         brief: 'HTTP request method.'
+        sampling_relevant: true
         examples: ["GET", "POST", "HEAD"]
       - id: url
         type: string
@@ -19,10 +20,12 @@ groups:
         note: >
           `http.url` MUST NOT contain credentials passed via URL in form of `https://username:password@www.example.com/`.
           In such case the attribute's value should be `https://www.example.com/`.
+        sampling_relevant: true
         examples: ['https://www.foo.bar/search?q=OpenTelemetry#SemConv']
       - id: target
         type: string
         brief: 'The full request target as passed in a HTTP request line or equivalent.'
+        sampling_relevant: true
         examples: ['/path/12314/?q=ddds#123']
       - id: host
         type: string
@@ -35,10 +38,12 @@ groups:
           in certain cases, according the aforementioned
           [section of RFC 7230](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-5.4).
           When the header is not set the attribute MUST NOT be set.
+        sampling_relevant: true
         examples: ['www.example.org']
       - id: scheme
         type: string
         brief: 'The URI scheme identifying the used protocol.'
+        sampling_relevant: true
         examples: ["http", "https"]
       - id: status_code
         type: int
@@ -99,6 +104,12 @@ groups:
         brief: >
           The size of the uncompressed response payload body after transport decoding. Not set if transport encoding not used.
         examples: 5493
+      - ref: net.peer.name
+        sampling_relevant: true
+      - ref: net.peer.ip
+        sampling_relevant: true
+      - ref: net.peer.port
+        sampling_relevant: true
     constraints:
       - include: network
 
diff --git a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md b/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md
index b5050a783e8..348ea10044d 100644
--- a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md
+++ b/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ Don't set the span status description if the reason can be inferred from `http.s
 | `http.request_content_length_uncompressed` | int | The size of the uncompressed request payload body after transport decoding. Not set if transport encoding not used. | `5493` | No |
 | `http.response_content_length` | int | The size of the response payload body in bytes. This is the number of bytes transferred excluding headers and is often, but not always, present as the [Content-Length](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.2) header. For requests using transport encoding, this should be the compressed size. | `3495` | No |
 | `http.response_content_length_uncompressed` | int | The size of the uncompressed response payload body after transport decoding. Not set if transport encoding not used. | `5493` | No |
+| [`net.peer.ip`](span-general.md) | string | Remote address of the peer (dotted decimal for IPv4 or [RFC5952](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952) for IPv6) | `127.0.0.1` | No |
+| [`net.peer.name`](span-general.md) | string | Remote hostname or similar, see note below. | `example.com` | No |
+| [`net.peer.port`](span-general.md) | int | Remote port number. | `80`; `8080`; `443` | No |
 
 **[1]:** `http.url` MUST NOT contain credentials passed via URL in form of `https://username:password@www.example.com/`. In such case the attribute's value should be `https://www.example.com/`.
 
@@ -87,6 +90,17 @@ Don't set the span status description if the reason can be inferred from `http.s
 | `2.0` | HTTP 2 |
 | `SPDY` | SPDY protocol. |
 | `QUIC` | QUIC protocol. |
+
+Following attributes MUST be provided **at span creation time** (when provided at all):
+
+* `http.method`
+* `http.url`
+* `http.target`
+* `http.host`
+* `http.scheme`
+* [`net.peer.ip`](span-general.md)
+* [`net.peer.name`](span-general.md)
+* [`net.peer.port`](span-general.md)
 <!-- endsemconv -->
 
 It is recommended to also use the general [network attributes][], especially `net.peer.ip`. If `net.transport` is not specified, it can be assumed to be `IP.TCP` except if `http.flavor` is `QUIC`, in which case `IP.UDP` is assumed.