diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a82dad1c9..95f7fc8e67 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Import missing components for docs
+  ([#198](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/198))
 - Provide components needed to Configure OTel SDK for Tracing with AWS X-Ray
   ([#130](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/130))
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/README.rst b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/README.rst
index 8fd5b683d5..ed6d586aa1 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/README.rst
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/README.rst
@@ -24,9 +24,19 @@ Usage (AWS X-Ray IDs Generator)
 Configure the OTel SDK TracerProvider with the provided custom IDs Generator to 
 make spans compatible with the AWS X-Ray backend tracing service.
 
+Install the OpenTelemetry SDK package.
+
+::
+
+    pip install opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws
+
+Next, use the provided `AwsXRayIdsGenerator` to initialize the `TracerProvider`.
+
 .. code-block:: python
 
+    import opentelemetry.trace as trace
     from opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.trace import AwsXRayIdsGenerator
+    from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 
     trace.set_tracer_provider(
         TracerProvider(ids_generator=AwsXRayIdsGenerator())
@@ -36,14 +46,25 @@ make spans compatible with the AWS X-Ray backend tracing service.
 Usage (AWS X-Ray Propagator)
 ----------------------------
 
-Set this environment variable to have the OTel SDK use the provided AWS X-Ray 
-Propagator:
+Use the provided AWS X-Ray Propagator to inject the necessary context into
+traces sent to external systems.
+
+This can be done by either setting this environment variable:
 
 ::
 
     export OTEL_PROPAGATORS = aws_xray
 
 
+Or by setting this propagator in your instrumented application:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from opentelemetry import propagators
+    from opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.trace.propagation.aws_xray_format import AwsXRayFormat
+
+    propagators.set_global_textmap(AwsXRayFormat())
+
 References
 ----------