diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 29e3345c48..cc984d2902 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ The YAML (model definition) and Markdown (documentation) files are organized in
 │   ├── {root-namespace}
 │   │   ├── {root-namespace}-events.yaml
 │   │   ├── {root-namespace}-metrics.yaml
-│   │   ├── {root-namespace}-spans.yaml
 │   │   ├── {root-namespace}-registry.yaml
 │   │   ├── {root-namespace}-resources.yaml
+│   │   ├── {root-namespace}-spans.yaml
 ```
 
 All attributes must be defined in the folder matching its root namespace under