diff --git a/docs/providers.rst b/docs/providers.rst
index 6c6b61b9c4..03e593d42a 100644
--- a/docs/providers.rst
+++ b/docs/providers.rst
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ WebsocketProviderV2 (beta)
 
         >>> LOG = True  # toggle debug logging
         >>> if LOG:
-        >>>     import logging
-        >>>     logger = logging.getLogger("web3.providers.WebsocketProviderV2")
-        >>>     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        >>>     logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+        ...     import logging
+        ...     logger = logging.getLogger("web3.providers.WebsocketProviderV2")
+        ...     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        ...     logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 
         >>> async def ws_v2_subscription_example():
         ...     async with AsyncWeb3.persistent_websocket(
diff --git a/web3/providers/base.py b/web3/providers/base.py
index 40e2ace2b3..3f8c175dbf 100644
--- a/web3/providers/base.py
+++ b/web3/providers/base.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class BaseProvider:
     )
 
     is_async = False
+    has_persistent_connection = False
     global_ccip_read_enabled: bool = True
     ccip_read_max_redirects: int = 4