1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/training/training_util.py b/tensorflow/python/training/training_util.py
index 0877b2a8a2..2ff3eeb153 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/training/training_util.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/training/training_util.py
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ def global_step(sess, global_step_tensor):
   """Small helper to get the global step.
 
   ```python
-  # Creates a variable to hold the global_step.
+  # Create a variable to hold the global_step.
   global_step_tensor = tf.Variable(10, trainable=False, name='global_step')
-  # Creates a session.
+  # Create a session.
   sess = tf.Session()
-  # Initializes the variable.
+  # Initialize the variable
+  sess.run(global_step_tensor.initializer)
+  # Get the variable value.
   print('global_step: %s' % tf.train.global_step(sess, global_step_tensor))
 
   global_step: 10