diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index afec89b73f..0fd6a65f0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Fix incorrect code example in `create_tracer()` docstring
+  ([#5072](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/5072))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk`: fix YAML structure injection via environment variable substitution in declarative file configuration; values containing newlines are now emitted as quoted YAML scalars per spec requirement
   ([#5091](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/5091))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk`: Add `create_logger_provider`/`configure_logger_provider` to declarative file configuration, enabling LoggerProvider instantiation from config files without reading env vars
diff --git a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
index 7a3804acc8..45251e6b24 100644
--- a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
+++ b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
     # Define which OpenTelemetry Tracer provider implementation to use.
     trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
 
-    # Create an OpenTelemetry Tracer.
-    otel_tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+    # Get the OpenTelemetry TracerProvider.
+    tracer_provider = trace.get_tracer_provider()
 
     # Create an OpenTracing shim.
-    shim = create_tracer(otel_tracer)
+    shim = create_tracer(tracer_provider)
 
     with shim.start_active_span("ProcessHTTPRequest"):
         print("Processing HTTP request")