diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
index 26ee7aeead..c19aefe1d5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
@@ -369,18 +369,17 @@ export class SpanImpl implements Span {
 
   private _isSpanEnded(): boolean {
     if (this._ended) {
-        const error = new Error(`Operation attempted on ended Span {traceId: ${this._spanContext.traceId}, spanId: ${this._spanContext.spanId}}`);
-        
-        diag.warn(
-            `Cannot execute the operation on ended Span {traceId: ${this._spanContext.traceId}, spanId: ${this._spanContext.spanId}}. Change log level to debug for stack trace.`,
-            error // Pass the error object as the second argument
-        );
-        
-        // Optionally, you can still log the stack trace for additional context
-        diag.debug(`Stack trace for ended span operation: ${error.stack}`);
+      const error = new Error(
+        `Operation attempted on ended Span {traceId: ${this._spanContext.traceId}, spanId: ${this._spanContext.spanId}}`
+      );
+
+      diag.warn(
+        `Cannot execute the operation on ended Span {traceId: ${this._spanContext.traceId}, spanId: ${this._spanContext.spanId}}`,
+        error
+      );
     }
     return this._ended;
-}
+  }
 
   // Utility function to truncate given value within size
   // for value type of string, will truncate to given limit
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts
index e2a2beb39e..18b78728b2 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/Span.test.ts
@@ -280,31 +280,30 @@ describe('Span', () => {
       assert.ok(span.isRecording() === false);
     });
   });
-  it('should log a warning and a debug message when span is ended', () => {
-    const span = new Span(
-        tracer,
-        ROOT_CONTEXT,
-        name,
-        spanContext,
-        SpanKind.CLIENT
-    );
-    span.end(); // End the span to set it to ended state
+
+  it('should log a warning attempting to add event to ended span', () => {
+    const span = new SpanImpl({
+      scope: tracer.instrumentationScope,
+      resource: tracer['_resource'],
+      context: ROOT_CONTEXT,
+      spanContext,
+      name,
+      kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+      spanLimits: tracer.getSpanLimits(),
+      spanProcessor: tracer['_spanProcessor'],
+    });
+    span.end();
 
     const warnStub = sinon.spy(diag, 'warn');
-    const debugStub = sinon.spy(diag, 'debug');
 
-    // Call the method that checks if the span is ended
-    span['_isSpanEnded']();
+    span.addEvent('oops, too late');
 
-    // Assert that the warning log was called with the expected message and an Error object
     sinon.assert.calledOnce(warnStub);
-    sinon.assert.calledWith(warnStub, sinon.match(/Cannot execute the operation on ended Span/), sinon.match.instanceOf(Error));
-
-   // Assert that the debug log was called and contains a stack trace
-      sinon.assert.calledOnce(debugStub);
-      const debugMessage = debugStub.getCall(0).args[0];
-      assert.ok(debugMessage.startsWith('Stack trace for ended span operation:'));
-    });
+    sinon.assert.calledWith(
+      warnStub,
+      sinon.match(/Cannot execute the operation on ended Span/),
+      sinon.match.instanceOf(Error)
+    );
   });
 
   describe('setAttribute', () => {