diff --git a/recipes_source/distributed_checkpoint_recipe.rst b/recipes_source/distributed_checkpoint_recipe.rst
index 2467db878e..8f93c2222d 100644
--- a/recipes_source/distributed_checkpoint_recipe.rst
+++ b/recipes_source/distributed_checkpoint_recipe.rst
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ the intent is to save or load in "non-distributed" style, meaning entirely in th
     import os
 
     import torch
-    import torch.distributed.checkpoint as DCP
+    import torch.distributed.checkpoint as dcp
     import torch.nn as nn