diff --git a/intermediate_source/ddp_tutorial.rst b/intermediate_source/ddp_tutorial.rst
index 1f7221680b1..c63321ad14c 100644
--- a/intermediate_source/ddp_tutorial.rst
+++ b/intermediate_source/ddp_tutorial.rst
@@ -102,8 +102,12 @@ be found in
         os.environ['MASTER_ADDR'] = 'localhost'
         os.environ['MASTER_PORT'] = '12355'
 
+        # We want to be able to train our model on an `accelerator <https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/torch.html#accelerators>`__
+        # such as CUDA, MPS, MTIA, or XPU.
+        acc = torch.accelerator.current_accelerator()
+        backend = torch.distributed.get_default_backend_for_device(acc)
         # initialize the process group
-        dist.init_process_group("gloo", rank=rank, world_size=world_size)
+        dist.init_process_group(backend, rank=rank, world_size=world_size)
 
     def cleanup():
         dist.destroy_process_group()
@@ -216,8 +220,11 @@ and elasticity support, please refer to `TorchElastic <https://pytorch.org/elast
         # Use a barrier() to make sure that process 1 loads the model after process
         # 0 saves it.
         dist.barrier()
+        # We want to be able to train our model on an `accelerator <https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/torch.html#accelerators>`__
+        # such as CUDA, MPS, MTIA, or XPU.
+        acc = torch.accelerator.current_accelerator()
         # configure map_location properly
-        map_location = {'cuda:%d' % 0: 'cuda:%d' % rank}
+        map_location = {f'{acc}:0': f'{acc}:{rank}'}
         ddp_model.load_state_dict(
             torch.load(CHECKPOINT_PATH, map_location=map_location, weights_only=True))
 
@@ -295,7 +302,7 @@ either the application or the model ``forward()`` method.
 
 
     if __name__ == "__main__":
-        n_gpus = torch.cuda.device_count()
+        n_gpus = torch.accelerator.device_count()
         assert n_gpus >= 2, f"Requires at least 2 GPUs to run, but got {n_gpus}"
         world_size = n_gpus
         run_demo(demo_basic, world_size)
@@ -331,12 +338,14 @@ Let's still use the Toymodel example and create a file named ``elastic_ddp.py``.
 
 
     def demo_basic():
-        torch.cuda.set_device(int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"]))
-        dist.init_process_group("nccl")
+        torch.accelerator.set_device_index(int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"]))
+        acc = torch.accelerator.current_accelerator()
+        backend = torch.distributed.get_default_backend_for_device(acc)
+        dist.init_process_group(backend)
         rank = dist.get_rank()
         print(f"Start running basic DDP example on rank {rank}.")
         # create model and move it to GPU with id rank
-        device_id = rank % torch.cuda.device_count()
+        device_id = rank % torch.accelerator.device_count()
         model = ToyModel().to(device_id)
         ddp_model = DDP(model, device_ids=[device_id])
         loss_fn = nn.MSELoss()