diff --git a/src/oss/langgraph/agentic-rag.mdx b/src/oss/langgraph/agentic-rag.mdx
index 10e25abec4..ee59530595 100644
--- a/src/oss/langgraph/agentic-rag.mdx
+++ b/src/oss/langgraph/agentic-rag.mdx
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ Note that the components will operate on the [`MessagesState`](/oss/langgraph/gr
 :::python
 1. Build the `rewrite_question` node. The retriever tool can return potentially irrelevant documents, which indicates a need to improve the original user question. To do so, we will call the `rewrite_question` node:
   ```python
+  from langchain.messages import HumanMessage
+
   REWRITE_PROMPT = (
       "Look at the input and try to reason about the underlying semantic intent / meaning.\n"
       "Here is the initial question:"
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ Note that the components will operate on the [`MessagesState`](/oss/langgraph/gr
       question = messages[0].content
       prompt = REWRITE_PROMPT.format(question=question)
       response = response_model.invoke([{"role": "user", "content": prompt}])
-      return {"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": response.content}]}
+      return {"messages": [HumanMessage(content=response.content)]}
   ```
 2. Try it out:
   ```python
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@ Note that the components will operate on the [`MessagesState`](/oss/langgraph/gr
   }
 
   response = rewrite_question(input)
-  print(response["messages"][-1]["content"])
+  print(response["messages"][-1].content)
   ```
   **Output:**
   ```