diff --git a/packages/node/src/types.ts b/packages/node/src/types.ts
index fb128653870f..b63c49e440e7 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/types.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
-import type { ClientOptions, Options, SamplingContext } from '@sentry/types';
+import type { ClientOptions, Options, SamplingContext, TracePropagationTargets } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import type { NodeClient } from './client';
 import type { NodeTransportOptions } from './transports';
 
 export interface BaseNodeOptions {
+  /**
+   * List of strings/regex controlling to which outgoing requests
+   * the SDK will attach tracing headers.
+   *
+   * By default the SDK will attach those headers to all outgoing
+   * requests. If this option is provided, the SDK will match the
+   * request URL of outgoing requests against the items in this
+   * array, and only attach tracing headers if a match was found.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```js
+   * Sentry.init({
+   *   tracePropagationTargets: ['api.site.com'],
+   * });
+   * ```
+   */
+  tracePropagationTargets?: TracePropagationTargets;
+
   /**
    * Sets profiling sample rate when @sentry/profiling-node is installed
    */
diff --git a/packages/types/src/options.ts b/packages/types/src/options.ts
index 60d747136d90..74bcfad771f4 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/options.ts
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ export interface ClientOptions<TO extends BaseTransportOptions = BaseTransportOp
    * List of strings/regex controlling to which outgoing requests
    * the SDK will attach tracing headers.
    *
-   * By default the SDK will attach those headers to all outgoing
-   * requests. If this option is provided, the SDK will match the
+   * By default the SDK will attach those headers to all requests to localhost
+   * and same origin. If this option is provided, the SDK will match the
    * request URL of outgoing requests against the items in this
    * array, and only attach tracing headers if a match was found.
    *
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ export interface ClientOptions<TO extends BaseTransportOptions = BaseTransportOp
    *   tracePropagationTargets: ['api.site.com'],
    * });
    * ```
+   *
+   * Default: ['localhost', /^\//] {@see DEFAULT_TRACE_PROPAGATION_TARGETS}
    */
   tracePropagationTargets?: TracePropagationTargets;