diff --git a/elements/rh-code-block/docs/30-code.md b/elements/rh-code-block/docs/30-code.md
index b044258817..38a49d87f5 100644
--- a/elements/rh-code-block/docs/30-code.md
+++ b/elements/rh-code-block/docs/30-code.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use the correct mime type for your content, e.g. `text/html` for HTML content.
 
 <rh-alert state="warning">
  <h3 slot="header">Warning</h3>
-  <p>When slotting HTML content into the code-block, if that HTML content contains a <code>&lt;/script&gt;</code> end tag, you must escape it.</p>
+  <p>When slotting HTML content into the code-block, if that HTML content contains a `</script>` end tag, you must escape it.</p>
 </rh-alert>
 
 One approach to escaping script tags that is to close the containing `<script 
diff --git a/elements/rh-code-block/rh-code-block.ts b/elements/rh-code-block/rh-code-block.ts
index 30b48e4b1e..3469cc543c 100644
--- a/elements/rh-code-block/rh-code-block.ts
+++ b/elements/rh-code-block/rh-code-block.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ export class RhCodeBlock extends LitElement {
   override connectedCallback() {
     super.connectedCallback();
     this.#ro.observe(this);
-    this.#onSlotChange();
   }
 
   override disconnectedCallback() {