diff --git a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/network_tcp.rst b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/network_tcp.rst
index 26a2f469ce..852fc82f39 100644
--- a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/network_tcp.rst
+++ b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/network_tcp.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ of the request you need to specify the page to retrieve.
 Let's define a function that can download and print a URL::
 
     def http_get(url):
+        import socket
         _, _, host, path = url.split('/', 3)
         addr = socket.getaddrinfo(host, 80)[0][-1]
         s = socket.socket()
@@ -74,8 +75,7 @@ Let's define a function that can download and print a URL::
                 break
         s.close()
 
-Make sure that you import the socket module before running this function.  Then
-you can try::
+Then you can try::
 
     >>> http_get('http://micropython.org/ks/test.html')