diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c27d5ac..25ed5e7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- feat: Add support for tracing of the Symfony HTTP client requests (#606)
+- feat: Add support for tracing of Symfony HTTP client requests (#606)
+    - feat: Add support for HTTP client baggage propagation (#663)
+    - ref: Add proper HTTP client span descriptions (#680)
 - feat: Support logging the impersonator user, if any (#647)
 - ref: Use constant for the SDK version (#662)
-- Add support for HTTP client baggage propagation (#663)
 
 ## 4.4.0 (2022-10-20)
 
diff --git a/src/Tracing/HttpClient/AbstractTraceableHttpClient.php b/src/Tracing/HttpClient/AbstractTraceableHttpClient.php
index 651ad69a..f4a2a35e 100644
--- a/src/Tracing/HttpClient/AbstractTraceableHttpClient.php
+++ b/src/Tracing/HttpClient/AbstractTraceableHttpClient.php
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ public function request(string $method, string $url, array $options = []): Respo
             $headers = $options['headers'] ?? [];
             $headers['sentry-trace'] = $parent->toTraceparent();
 
+            $uri = new Uri($url);
+
             // Check if the request destination is allow listed in the trace_propagation_targets option.
             $client = $this->hub->getClient();
             if (null !== $client) {
                 $sdkOptions = $client->getOptions();
-                $uri = new Uri($url);
 
                 if (\in_array($uri->getHost(), $sdkOptions->getTracePropagationTargets())) {
                     $headers['baggage'] = $parent->toBaggage();
@@ -64,12 +65,14 @@ public function request(string $method, string $url, array $options = []): Respo
 
             $options['headers'] = $headers;
 
+            $formattedUri = $this->formatUri($uri);
+
             $context = new SpanContext();
             $context->setOp('http.client');
-            $context->setDescription('HTTP ' . $method);
+            $context->setDescription($method . ' ' . $formattedUri);
             $context->setTags([
                 'http.method' => $method,
-                'http.url' => $url,
+                'http.url' => $formattedUri,
             ]);
 
             $span = $parent->startChild($context);
@@ -108,4 +111,10 @@ public function setLogger(LoggerInterface $logger): void
             $this->client->setLogger($logger);
         }
     }
+
+    private function formatUri(Uri $uri): string
+    {
+        // Instead of relying on Uri::__toString, we only use a sub set of the URI
+        return Uri::composeComponents($uri->getScheme(), $uri->getHost(), $uri->getPath(), null, null);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Tracing/HttpClient/TraceableHttpClientTest.php b/tests/Tracing/HttpClient/TraceableHttpClientTest.php
index 5c724713..06636d26 100644
--- a/tests/Tracing/HttpClient/TraceableHttpClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Tracing/HttpClient/TraceableHttpClientTest.php
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ public function testRequest(): void
         $mockResponse = new MockResponse();
         $decoratedHttpClient = new MockHttpClient($mockResponse);
         $httpClient = new TraceableHttpClient($decoratedHttpClient, $this->hub);
-        $response = $httpClient->request('GET', 'https://www.example.com/test-page');
+        $response = $httpClient->request('GET', 'https://username:password@www.example.com/test-page?foo=bar#baz');
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(AbstractTraceableResponse::class, $response);
         $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
         $this->assertSame('GET', $response->getInfo('http_method'));
-        $this->assertSame('https://www.example.com/test-page', $response->getInfo('url'));
+        $this->assertSame('https://username:password@www.example.com/test-page?foo=bar#baz', $response->getInfo('url'));
         $this->assertSame(['sentry-trace: ' . $transaction->toTraceparent()], $mockResponse->getRequestOptions()['normalized_headers']['sentry-trace']);
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('baggage', $mockResponse->getRequestOptions()['normalized_headers']);
         $this->assertNotNull($transaction->getSpanRecorder());
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public function testRequest(): void
         $this->assertCount(2, $spans);
         $this->assertNull($spans[1]->getEndTimestamp());
         $this->assertSame('http.client', $spans[1]->getOp());
-        $this->assertSame('HTTP GET', $spans[1]->getDescription());
+        $this->assertSame('GET https://www.example.com/test-page', $spans[1]->getDescription());
         $this->assertSame($expectedTags, $spans[1]->getTags());
     }
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public function testRequestDoesNotContainBaggageHeader(): void
         $this->assertCount(2, $spans);
         $this->assertNull($spans[1]->getEndTimestamp());
         $this->assertSame('http.client', $spans[1]->getOp());
-        $this->assertSame('HTTP PUT', $spans[1]->getDescription());
+        $this->assertSame('PUT https://www.example.com/test-page', $spans[1]->getDescription());
         $this->assertSame($expectedTags, $spans[1]->getTags());
     }
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public function testRequestDoesContainBaggageHeader(): void
         $this->assertCount(2, $spans);
         $this->assertNull($spans[1]->getEndTimestamp());
         $this->assertSame('http.client', $spans[1]->getOp());
-        $this->assertSame('HTTP POST', $spans[1]->getDescription());
+        $this->assertSame('POST https://www.example.com/test-page', $spans[1]->getDescription());
         $this->assertSame($expectedTags, $spans[1]->getTags());
     }
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public function testStream(): void
         $this->assertCount(2, $spans);
         $this->assertNotNull($spans[1]->getEndTimestamp());
         $this->assertSame('http.client', $spans[1]->getOp());
-        $this->assertSame('HTTP GET', $spans[1]->getDescription());
+        $this->assertSame('GET https://www.example.com/test-page', $spans[1]->getDescription());
         $this->assertSame($expectedTags, $spans[1]->getTags());
 
         $loopIndex = 0;