diff --git a/docs/docs/getting_started.rst b/docs/docs/getting_started.rst
index 449a2cac3..b11da7c83 100644
--- a/docs/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ If you use `unittest`_ to run tests, and you want to use `moto` inside `setUp`,
         object.put(Body=content)
 
     class MyTest(unittest.TestCase):
-        mock_s3 = mock_s3()
+
         bucket_name = "test-bucket"
         def setUp(self):
+            self.mock_s3 = mock_s3()
             self.mock_s3.start()
 
             # you can use boto3.client("s3") if you prefer