diff --git a/lightstep-haskell.cabal b/lightstep-haskell.cabal
--- a/lightstep-haskell.cabal
+++ b/lightstep-haskell.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version: 2.4
 
 name:           lightstep-haskell
-version:        0.9.0
+version:        0.10.0
 synopsis:       LightStep OpenTracing client library
 description:    LightStep OpenTracing client library. Uses GRPC transport via proto-lens.
 category:       Tools
diff --git a/src/LightStep/HighLevel/IO.hs b/src/LightStep/HighLevel/IO.hs
--- a/src/LightStep/HighLevel/IO.hs
+++ b/src/LightStep/HighLevel/IO.hs
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
 showLogEntryKey (Custom x) = x
 
 withSpan :: forall m a. MonadIO m => MonadMask m => T.Text -> m a -> m a
-withSpan opName action = withSpanAndSomeInitialTags opName [] action
+withSpan opName action = withSpanAndTags opName [] action
 
-withSpanAndSomeInitialTags :: forall m a. MonadIO m => MonadMask m => T.Text -> [(T.Text, T.Text)] -> m a -> m a
-withSpanAndSomeInitialTags opName initialTags action =
+withSpanAndTags :: forall m a. MonadIO m => MonadMask m => T.Text -> [(T.Text, T.Text)] -> m a -> m a
+withSpanAndTags opName initialTags action =
    fst <$> generalBracket
         (pushSpan opName initialTags)
         (\sp exitcase -> do
diff --git a/stress-test/Main.hs b/stress-test/Main.hs
--- a/stress-test/Main.hs
+++ b/stress-test/Main.hs
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 seriousBusinessMain = concurrently_ frontend backend
   where
     frontend =
-      withSpanAndSomeInitialTags "RESTful API" [("foo", "bar")] $ do
+      withSpanAndTags "RESTful API" [("foo", "bar")] $ do
         threadDelay 10000
-        withSpanAndSomeInitialTags "Kafka" [("foo", "baz")] $ do
+        withSpanAndTags "Kafka" [("foo", "baz")] $ do
           threadDelay 20000
         threadDelay 30000
-        withSpanAndSomeInitialTags "GraphQL" [("foo", "quux"), ("lorem", "ipsum")] $ do
+        withSpanAndTags "GraphQL" [("foo", "quux"), ("lorem", "ipsum")] $ do
           threadDelay 40000
           addLog Event "monkey-job"
           addLog (Custom "foo") "bar"
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
     backend =
       withSpan "Background Data Science" $ do
         threadDelay 10000
-        withSpanAndSomeInitialTags "Tensorflow" [("learning", "deep")] $ do
+        withSpanAndTags "Tensorflow" [("learning", "deep")] $ do
           threadDelay 100000
           setTag "learning" "deep"
-        withSpanAndSomeInitialTags "Torch" [("learning", "very_deep")] $ do
+        withSpanAndTags "Torch" [("learning", "very_deep")] $ do
           threadDelay 100000
-        withSpanAndSomeInitialTags "Hadoop" [("learning", "super_deep")]$ do
+        withSpanAndTags "Hadoop" [("learning", "super_deep")]$ do
           threadDelay 100000
 
 reportMemoryUsage :: IO ()