diff --git a/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/doc.go b/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8a4ea63bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
+// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
+// Copyright 2016 Datadog, Inc.
+
+// Package aws provides functions to trace aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 (https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2).
+//
+// Usage Example:
+//
+//	import (
+//		"context"
+//		"log"
+//		"os"
+//
+//		"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+//		awscfg "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
+//		"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager"
+//		"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
+//		"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs"
+//
+//		awstrace "gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+//		"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/ext"
+//		"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/tracer"
+//	)
+//
+//	func Example() {
+//		awsCfg, err := awscfg.LoadDefaultConfig(context.Background())
+//		if err != nil {
+//			log.Fatalf(err.Error())
+//		}
+//		awstrace.AppendMiddleware(&awsCfg)
+//		sqsClient := sqs.NewFromConfig(awsCfg)
+//		sqsClient.ListQueues(context.Background(), &sqs.ListQueuesInput{})
+//	}
+//
+//	// An example of the aws span inheriting a parent span from context.
+//	func Example_context() {
+//		cfg, err := awscfg.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(), awscfg.WithRegion("us-west-2"))
+//		if err != nil {
+//			log.Fatalf("error: %v", err)
+//		}
+//		awstrace.AppendMiddleware(&cfg)
+//		client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg)
+//		uploader := manager.NewUploader(client)
+//
+//		// Create a root span.
+//		span, ctx := tracer.StartSpanFromContext(context.Background(), "parent.request",
+//			tracer.SpanType(ext.SpanTypeWeb),
+//			tracer.ServiceName("web"),
+//			tracer.ResourceName("/upload"),
+//		)
+//		defer span.Finish()
+//
+//		// Open image file.
+//		filename := "my_image.png"
+//		file, err := os.Open(filename)
+//		if err != nil {
+//			log.Fatalf("error: %v", err)
+//		}
+//		defer file.Close()
+//
+//		uploadParams := &s3.PutObjectInput{
+//			Bucket:      aws.String("my_bucket"),
+//			Key:         aws.String(filename),
+//			Body:        file,
+//			ContentType: aws.String("image/png"),
+//		}
+//		// Inherit parent span from context.
+//		_, err = uploader.Upload(ctx, uploadParams)
+//		if err != nil {
+//			log.Fatalf("error: %v", err)
+//		}
+//	}
+package aws
diff --git a/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/example_test.go b/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/example_test.go
index 5aa271f153..6ab7a4cb00 100644
--- a/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/example_test.go
+++ b/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/example_test.go
@@ -5,24 +5,4 @@
 
 package aws_test
 
-import (
-	"context"
-	"log"
-
-	awstrace "gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
-
-	awscfg "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs"
-)
-
-func Example() {
-	awsCfg, err := awscfg.LoadDefaultConfig(context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf(err.Error())
-	}
-
-	awstrace.AppendMiddleware(&awsCfg)
-
-	sqsClient := sqs.NewFromConfig(awsCfg)
-	sqsClient.ListQueues(context.Background(), &sqs.ListQueuesInput{})
-}
+// The example was moved into the package godoc to avoid adding its dependencies into dd-trace-go's go.mod file.
diff --git a/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/example_test.go b/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/example_test.go
index a240331e44..2b6605153e 100644
--- a/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/example_test.go
+++ b/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/example_test.go
@@ -6,11 +6,18 @@
 package aws_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
 	awstrace "gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/ext"
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/tracer"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3/s3manager"
 )
 
 // To start tracing requests, wrap the AWS session.Session by invoking
@@ -25,3 +32,39 @@ func Example() {
 		Bucket: aws.String("some-bucket-name"),
 	})
 }
+
+// An example of the aws span inheriting a parent span from context.
+func Example_context() {
+	cfg := aws.NewConfig().WithRegion("us-west-2")
+	sess := session.Must(session.NewSession(cfg))
+	sess = awstrace.WrapSession(sess)
+	uploader := s3manager.NewUploader(sess)
+
+	// Create a root span.
+	span, ctx := tracer.StartSpanFromContext(context.Background(), "parent.request",
+		tracer.SpanType(ext.SpanTypeWeb),
+		tracer.ServiceName("web"),
+		tracer.ResourceName("/upload"),
+	)
+	defer span.Finish()
+
+	// Open image file.
+	filename := "my_image.png"
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	uploadParams := &s3manager.UploadInput{
+		Bucket:      aws.String("my_bucket"),
+		Key:         aws.String(filename),
+		Body:        file,
+		ContentType: aws.String("image/png"),
+	}
+	// Inherit parent span from context.
+	_, err = uploader.UploadWithContext(ctx, uploadParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error: %v", err)
+	}
+}