diff --git a/exporters/fluentd/src/trace/recordable.cc b/exporters/fluentd/src/trace/recordable.cc
index 7b5c9b61c..2c11ee3e1 100644
--- a/exporters/fluentd/src/trace/recordable.cc
+++ b/exporters/fluentd/src/trace/recordable.cc
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ template <typename T> static inline json create_message(T ts, json body) {
 // constexpr needs keys to be constexpr, const is next best to use.
 static const std::map<opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind, std::string>
     kSpanKindMap = {
-        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kClient, "CLIENT"},
-        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kServer, "SERVER"},
-        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kConsumer, "CONSUMER"},
-        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kProducer, "PRODUCER"},
+        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kServer, 1},
+        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kClient, 2},
+        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kProducer, 3},
+        {opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind::kConsumer, 4},
 };
 
 //
@@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ void Recordable::AddLink(
 
 void Recordable::SetStatus(opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode code,
                            nostd::string_view description) noexcept {
-  if (code != opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode::kUnset) {
-    options_["tags"]["otel.status_code"] = code;
-    if (code == opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode::kError) {
-      options_["tags"]["error"] = description;
-    }
+  options_[FLUENT_FIELD_SUCCESS] = code != opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode::kError;
+  if (code == opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode::kError) {
+    options_[FLUENT_FIELD_STATUSMESSAGE] = description;
   }
 }