diff --git a/src/includes/getting-started-config/node.mdx b/src/includes/getting-started-config/node.mdx
index 4dd0d47791150a..b5a0ea881be70b 100644
--- a/src/includes/getting-started-config/node.mdx
+++ b/src/includes/getting-started-config/node.mdx
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ Once this is done, Sentry's Node SDK captures all transactions and unhandled exc
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";
 
 // Importing @sentry/tracing patches the global hub for tracing to work.
-import * as Tracing from "@sentry/tracing";
+import "@sentry/tracing";
+
+// If you want to use `@sentry/tracing` in your project directly, use a named import instead:
+// import * as SentryTracing from "@sentry/tracing"
+// Unused named imports are not guaranteed to patch the global hub.
 
 Sentry.init({
   dsn: "___PUBLIC_DSN___",
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ Sentry.init({
 const Sentry = require("@sentry/node");
 
 // Importing @sentry/tracing patches the global hub for tracing to work.
-const Tracing = require("@sentry/tracing");
+const SentryTracing = require("@sentry/tracing");
 
 Sentry.init({
   dsn: "___PUBLIC_DSN___",