diff --git a/.changelog/5439.fixed b/.changelog/5439.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3212082e575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5439.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`opentelemetry-api`: fix copy-pasted log message in `SpanContext.__delattr__`
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py
index 23a24f16782..8b11e4437f3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def __setattr__(self, *args: str) -> None:
 
     def __delattr__(self, *args: str) -> None:
         _logger.debug(
-            "Immutable type, ignoring call to set attribute", stack_info=True
+            "Immutable type, ignoring call to delete attribute", stack_info=True
         )
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str: