diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/jaeger/_index.md b/docs/sources/datasources/jaeger/_index.md
index 36dc7d0131e..55e18194421 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/jaeger/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/jaeger/_index.md
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ datasources:
         filterByTraceID: false
         filterBySpanID: false
         customQuery: true
-        query: 'method="${__span.tags.method}"'
+        query: 'method="$${__span.tags.method}"'
       tracesToMetrics:
         datasourceUid: 'prom'
         spanStartTimeShift: '1h'
diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
index ffde7d5ffe8..ab34f5875c2 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/tempo/configure-tempo-data-source.md
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ datasources:
         filterByTraceID: false
         filterBySpanID: false
         customQuery: true
-        query: 'method="${__span.tags.method}"'
+        query: 'method="$${__span.tags.method}"'
       tracesToMetrics:
         datasourceUid: 'prom'
         spanStartTimeShift: '1h'
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ datasources:
         tags: ['job', 'instance', 'pod', 'namespace']
         profileTypeId: 'process_cpu:cpu:nanoseconds:cpu:nanoseconds'
         customQuery: true
-        query: 'method="${__span.tags.method}"'
+        query: 'method="$${__span.tags.method}"'
       serviceMap:
         datasourceUid: 'prometheus'
       nodeGraph:
diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/zipkin/_index.md b/docs/sources/datasources/zipkin/_index.md
index b12037fbe2c..50c749c3d35 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/zipkin/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/zipkin/_index.md
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ datasources:
         filterByTraceID: false
         filterBySpanID: false
         customQuery: true
-        query: 'method="${__span.tags.method}"'
+        query: 'method="$${__span.tags.method}"'
       tracesToMetrics:
         datasourceUid: 'prom'
         spanStartTimeShift: '1h'