diff --git a/pkg/serverless/invocationlifecycle/trace.go b/pkg/serverless/invocationlifecycle/trace.go
index efd35e511e184..66687bc3934e4 100644
--- a/pkg/serverless/invocationlifecycle/trace.go
+++ b/pkg/serverless/invocationlifecycle/trace.go
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ func (lp *LifecycleProcessor) endExecutionSpan(endDetails *InvocationEndDetails)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(executionSpan.Meta) > 1000 {
+		log.Warn("The number of span tags for the aws.lambda span is over 1000. This may cause unexpected behaviours such as missing spans. Please consider setting DD_CAPTURE_LAMBDA_PAYLOAD_MAX_DEPTH to reduce the number of span tags used for capturing payloads.")
+	}
+
 	return executionSpan
 }