diff --git a/docs/source/usage_guides/big_modeling.md b/docs/source/usage_guides/big_modeling.md
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--- a/docs/source/usage_guides/big_modeling.md
+++ b/docs/source/usage_guides/big_modeling.md
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ As a brief example, we will look at using `transformers` and loading in Big Scie
 ```py
 from transformers import AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM
 
-model = AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM("bigscience/T0pp", device_map="auto")
+model = AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM.from_pretrained("bigscience/T0pp", device_map="auto")
 ```
 
 After loading the model in, the initial steps from before to prepare a model have all been done and the model is fully
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ specifying the precision the model is loaded into as well, through the `torch_dt
 ```py
 from transformers import AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM
 
-model = AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM("bigscience/T0pp", device_map="auto", torch_dtype=torch.float16)
+model = AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM.from_pretrained("bigscience/T0pp", device_map="auto", torch_dtype=torch.float16)
 ```
 
 To learn more about this, check out the 🤗 Transformers documentation available [here](https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/main/en/main_classes/model#large-model-loading).
 
 ## Where to go from here
 
-For a much more detailed look at big model inference, be sure to check out the [Conceptual Guide on it](../concept_guides/big_model_inference)
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+For a much more detailed look at big model inference, be sure to check out the [Conceptual Guide on it](../concept_guides/big_model_inference)