diff --git a/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py b/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py
index 3da37edf..f8bf5ad4 100644
--- a/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py
+++ b/docs/examples/pictures_description_api.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ def main():
     # For example, you can launch it locally with:
     # $ vllm serve "HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-256M-Instruct"
 
-    pipeline_options = PdfPipelineOptions()
+    pipeline_options = PdfPipelineOptions(
+        allow_remote_services=True  # <-- this is required!
+    )
     pipeline_options.do_picture_description = True
     pipeline_options.picture_description_options = PictureDescriptionApiOptions(
         url="http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions",