diff --git a/spec/20-http_request_header_format.md b/spec/20-http_request_header_format.md index 27a843c..c90fb00 100644 --- a/spec/20-http_request_header_format.md +++ b/spec/20-http_request_header_format.md @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ There are two additional options that vendors MAY follow: The second least significant bit of the trace-flags field denotes the `random-trace-id` flag. When starting or restarting a trace (that is, when the participant generates a new `trace-id`), the following rules apply: -* If that flag is set, at least the right-most 7 bytes of the `trace-id` MUST be selected randomly (or pseudo-randomly) from a uniform distribution of all `2^56` possible values. +* If that flag is set, at least the right-most 7 bytes of the `trace-id` MUST be selected randomly (or pseudo-randomly) with uniform distribution over the interval [0..2^56-1]. * If the flag is not set, the `trace-id` MAY still be randomly (or pseudo-randomly) generated. * When unset, the `trace-id` MAY be generated in any way that satisfies the requirements of the [trace ID format](#trace-id). * When at least the right-most 7 bytes of the `trace-id` are randomly (or pseudo-randomly) generated, the `random-trace-id` flag SHOULD be set to `1`. diff --git a/spec/60-trace-id-format.md b/spec/60-trace-id-format.md index bf30b92..68e118b 100644 --- a/spec/60-trace-id-format.md +++ b/spec/60-trace-id-format.md @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ also allows tracing vendors to base sampling decisions on `trace-id` field value and avoid propagating an additional sampling context. If the `random-trace-id` flag is set, at least the right-most 7 bytes of the -`trace-id` MUST be selected randomly (or pseudo-randomly) from a uniform -distribution of all `2^56` possible values. +`trace-id` MUST be selected randomly (or pseudo-randomly) with uniform distribution +over the interval [0..2^56-1]. As shown in the next section, if part of the `trace-id` is nonrandom, it is important for the random part of the `trace-id` to be as far right in the