diff --git a/docs/public/sdk/GettingStarted.rst b/docs/public/sdk/GettingStarted.rst
index 6e7b6f0916..c39f080e71 100644
--- a/docs/public/sdk/GettingStarted.rst
+++ b/docs/public/sdk/GettingStarted.rst
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ There are two different mechanisms to create TraceProvider instance
         sdktrace::TracerProvider(std::move(simple_processor), resource, std::move(always_on_sampler));
 
     // set the global tracer TraceProvider
-    opentelemetry::trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
+    opentelemetry::trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(tracer_provider);
 
 
 Logging and Error Handling
@@ -220,4 +220,4 @@ The custom log handler can be defined by inheriting from `opentelemetry::sdk::co
         }
     };
     opentelemetry::sdk::common::internal_log::GlobalLogHandler::SetLogHandler(CustomLogHandler());
-    opentelemetry::sdk::common::internal_log::GlobalLogHandler::SetLogLevel(opentelemetry::sdk::common::internal_log::LogLevel::Debug);
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+    opentelemetry::sdk::common::internal_log::GlobalLogHandler::SetLogLevel(opentelemetry::sdk::common::internal_log::LogLevel::Debug);