diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/README.rst b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/README.rst
index 7916c185cf..cc465dd615 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/README.rst
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/README.rst
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Or if you are using the transport classes directly:
     )
 
     async_transport = httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport()
-    telemetry_transport = AsyncOpenTelemetryTransport(
+    async_telemetry_transport = AsyncOpenTelemetryTransport(
         async_transport,
         request_hook=async_request_hook,
         response_hook=async_response_hook
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
index 2057db89fb..9a8c931bdb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ async def async_response_hook(span, request, response):
     )
 
     async_transport = httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport()
-    telemetry_transport = AsyncOpenTelemetryTransport(
+    async_telemetry_transport = AsyncOpenTelemetryTransport(
         async_transport,
         request_hook=async_request_hook,
         response_hook=async_response_hook