diff --git a/src/viam/components/camera/camera.py b/src/viam/components/camera/camera.py
index e0ff15eb1..d2c220684 100644
--- a/src/viam/components/camera/camera.py
+++ b/src/viam/components/camera/camera.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ async def get_point_cloud(
             import numpy as np
             import open3d as o3d
 
+            my_camera = Camera.from_robot(robot=machine, name="my_camera")
+
             data, _ = await my_camera.get_point_cloud()
 
             # write the point cloud into a temporary file
diff --git a/src/viam/components/input/input.py b/src/viam/components/input/input.py
index 5aea4b555..ae6f3fd46 100644
--- a/src/viam/components/input/input.py
+++ b/src/viam/components/input/input.py
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ async def trigger_event(
         """Directly send an Event (such as a button press) from external code
 
         ::
+            my_controller = Controller.from_robot(
+                robot=machine, name="my_controller")
 
             # Get your controller from the machine.
             my_controller = Controller.from_robot(
diff --git a/src/viam/services/motion/motion.py b/src/viam/services/motion/motion.py
index 9b4cdfd4d..37155e617 100644
--- a/src/viam/services/motion/motion.py
+++ b/src/viam/services/motion/motion.py
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ async def stop_plan(
 
         ::
 
+            motion = MotionClient.from_robot(robot=machine, name="builtin")
+
             # Assuming a `move_on_globe()` started the execution
             # Stop the base component which was instructed to move by `move_on_globe()`
             # or `move_on_map()`