diff --git a/packages/node/src/sdk/index.ts b/packages/node/src/sdk/index.ts
index a83e66cf5e97..490826c3953b 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/sdk/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/sdk/index.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import {
   startSession,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
+  enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName,
   openTelemetrySetupCheck,
   setOpenTelemetryContextAsyncContextStrategy,
-  setupDscHandler,
   setupEventContextTrace,
 } from '@sentry/opentelemetry';
 import type { Client, Integration, Options } from '@sentry/types';
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function _init(
     validateOpenTelemetrySetup();
   }
 
-  setupDscHandler(client);
+  enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName(client);
   setupEventContextTrace(client);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry/src/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry/src/index.ts
index 11be8e8a5d8b..5e99f7eb8c33 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry/src/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export { getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan } from '@sentry/core';
 
 export { isSentryRequestSpan } from './utils/isSentryRequest';
 
-export { setupDscHandler } from './utils/setupDscHandler';
+export { enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName } from './utils/enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName';
 
 export { getActiveSpan } from './utils/getActiveSpan';
 export { startSpan, startSpanManual, startInactiveSpan, withActiveSpan, continueTrace } from './trace';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/setupDscHandler.ts b/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/setupDscHandler.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName.ts
index 2d14575b1f0d..af086451ac1b 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/setupDscHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry/src/utils/enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import { parseSpanDescription } from './parseSpanDescription';
 import { spanHasName } from './spanTypes';
 
 /**
- * Setup a DSC handler on the passed client, ensuring that the transaction name is inferred from the span correctly.
+ * Setup a DSC handler on the passed client,
+ * ensuring that the transaction name is inferred from the span correctly.
  */
-export function setupDscHandler(client: Client): void {
+export function enhanceDscWithOpenTelemetryRootSpanName(client: Client): void {
   client.on('createDsc', (dsc, rootSpan) => {
     // We want to overwrite the transaction on the DSC that is created by default in core
     // The reason for this is that we want to infer the span name, not use the initial one