diff --git a/docs/getting-started.rst b/docs/getting-started.rst
index bbd696015fb..47c19e32fcc 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting-started.rst
@@ -184,12 +184,14 @@ And let's write a small Flask application that sends an HTTP request, activating
 .. code-block:: python
 
     # flask_example.py
+    from opentelemetry.ext.flask import FlaskInstrumentor
+    FlaskInstrumentor().instrument()  # This needs to be executed before importing Flask
+
     import flask
     import requests
 
     import opentelemetry.ext.http_requests
     from opentelemetry import trace
-    from opentelemetry.ext.flask import instrument_app
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import ConsoleSpanExporter
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleExportSpanProcessor
@@ -201,7 +203,6 @@ And let's write a small Flask application that sends an HTTP request, activating
 
     app = flask.Flask(__name__)
     opentelemetry.ext.http_requests.enable(trace.get_tracer_provider())
-    instrument_app(app)
 
     @app.route("/")
     def hello():
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py
index d3a94558dbf..9b21696c59b 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
+    from opentelemetry.ext.flask import FlaskInstrumentor
+    FlaskInstrumentor().instrument()  # This needs to be executed before importing Flask
     from flask import Flask
-    from opentelemetry.ext.flask import instrument_app
 
     app = Flask(__name__)
-    instrument_app(app)  # This is where the magic happens. ✨
 
     @app.route("/")
     def hello():