diff --git a/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/typed/tutorial_1/ActorHierarchyExperiments.java b/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/typed/tutorial_1/ActorHierarchyExperiments.java
index 051ff5658d..7e04d80964 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/typed/tutorial_1/ActorHierarchyExperiments.java
+++ b/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/typed/tutorial_1/ActorHierarchyExperiments.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class StartStopActor1 extends AbstractBehavior<String> {
   private StartStopActor1(ActorContext<String> context) {
     super(context);
     System.out.println("first started");
+
+    context.spawn(StartStopActor2.create(), "second");
   }
 
   @Override