diff --git a/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/options.mdx b/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/options.mdx
index c7688cab4eee9a..20d56db5c0f551 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/options.mdx
+++ b/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/options.mdx
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ This option is required to enable profiling (default is `0`).
 Determines how profiling sessions are controlled. It has two modes:
 
 - `'manual'` (default): You control when profiling starts and stops using the `startProfiler()` and `stopProfiler()` functions. In this mode, profile sampling is only affected by `profileSessionSampleRate`.<PlatformSection notSupported={["javascript.bun", "javascript.capacitor", "javascript.deno", "javascript.cloudflare"]}> Read more about these functions in the <PlatformLink to="/profiling/">profiling API documentation</PlatformLink>.</PlatformSection>
-- `'trace'`: Profiling starts and stops automatically with transactions, as long as tracing is enabled. The profiler runs as long as there is at least one sampled transaction. In this mode, profiling is affected by both `profileSessionSampleRate` and your tracing sample rate (`tracesSampleRate` or `tracesSampler`).
+- `'trace'`: Profiling starts and stops automatically with root spans, as long as tracing is enabled. The profiler runs while there is at least one active, sampled root span, up to a maximum of 5 minutes per root span. In this mode, profiling is affected by both `profileSessionSampleRate` and your tracing sample rate (`tracesSampleRate` or `tracesSampler`).
 
 </SdkOption>