diff --git a/lib/instrumentation/generic-span.js b/lib/instrumentation/generic-span.js
index 2971962b83..f049167e38 100644
--- a/lib/instrumentation/generic-span.js
+++ b/lib/instrumentation/generic-span.js
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ GenericSpan.prototype._serializeOTel = function (payload) {
 // span link as it will be serialized and sent to APM server. If the linkArg is
 // invalid, this will return null.
 //
-// @param {Array} linkArg - An object with a `context` property that is
+// @param {Object} linkArg - An object with a `context` property that is
 //    a Transaction, Span, or TraceParent instance; an OTel SpanContext object;
 //    or a W3C trace-context 'traceparent' string.
 function linkFromLinkArg(linkArg) {
diff --git a/lib/opentelemetry-bridge/OTelSpan.js b/lib/opentelemetry-bridge/OTelSpan.js
index 34d2653ea9..62684a3c8e 100644
--- a/lib/opentelemetry-bridge/OTelSpan.js
+++ b/lib/opentelemetry-bridge/OTelSpan.js
@@ -169,10 +169,12 @@ class OTelSpan {
 
   addLink(link) {
     this._span.addLink(link);
+    return this;
   }
 
   addLinks(links) {
     this._span.addLinks(links);
+    return this;
   }
 
   end(otelEndTime) {
diff --git a/test/opentelemetry-bridge/fixtures/interface-span.js b/test/opentelemetry-bridge/fixtures/interface-span.js
index aaa9d0ecb0..3998358ef4 100644
--- a/test/opentelemetry-bridge/fixtures/interface-span.js
+++ b/test/opentelemetry-bridge/fixtures/interface-span.js
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ const linkContext = {
   spanId: 'ffe4cfa94865ee2a',
   traceFlags: otel.TraceFlags.SAMPLED,
 };
-sAddLinks.addLink({ context: linkContext });
-sAddLinks.addLinks([{ context: linkContext }]);
+rv = sAddLinks.addLink({ context: linkContext });
+assert.strictEqual(rv, sAddLinks, 'addLink return value is the span');
+rv = sAddLinks.addLinks([{ context: linkContext }]);
+assert.strictEqual(rv, sAddLinks, 'addLinks return value is the span');
 sAddLinks.end();
 
 // Span#end