diff --git a/docs/gitbook/patterns/stop-retrying-jobs.md b/docs/gitbook/patterns/stop-retrying-jobs.md
index 28757e9fee..518819b937 100644
--- a/docs/gitbook/patterns/stop-retrying-jobs.md
+++ b/docs/gitbook/patterns/stop-retrying-jobs.md
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ When a processor throws an exception that is considered unrecoverable, you shoul
 ```typescript
 import { Worker, UnrecoverableError } from 'bullmq';
 
-const worker = new Worker('foo', async job => {
-  doSomeProcessing();
-  throw new UnrecoverableError('Unrecoverable');
-}, { connection });
+const worker = new Worker(
+  'foo',
+  async job => {
+    doSomeProcessing();
+    throw new UnrecoverableError('Unrecoverable');
+  },
+  { connection },
+);
 
 await queue.add(
   'test-retry',
@@ -22,24 +26,24 @@ await queue.add(
 
 ## Fail job when manual rate-limit
 
-When a job is rate limited using `Worker.RateLimitError` and tried again, the `attempts` check is ignored, as rate limiting is not considered a real error. However, if you want to manually check the attempts and avoid retrying the job, you can do the following:
+When a job is rate limited using `RateLimitError` and tried again, the `attempts` check is ignored, as rate limiting is not considered a real error. However, if you want to manually check the attempts and avoid retrying the job, you can check `job.attemptsStarted` as following:
 
 ```typescript
-import { Worker, UnrecoverableError } from 'bullmq';
+import { Worker, RateLimitError, UnrecoverableError } from 'bullmq';
 
 const worker = new Worker(
   'myQueue',
   async job => {
     const [isRateLimited, duration] = await doExternalCall();
     if (isRateLimited) {
-      await worker.rateLimit(duration);
-      if (job.attemptsMade >= job.opts.attempts) {
+      await queue.rateLimit(duration);
+      if (job.attemptsStarted >= job.opts.attempts) {
         throw new UnrecoverableError('Unrecoverable');
       }
       // Do not forget to throw this special exception,
       // since we must differentiate this case from a failure
       // in order to move the job to wait again.
-      throw Worker.RateLimitError();
+      throw new RateLimitError();
     }
   },
   {
@@ -52,6 +56,10 @@ const worker = new Worker(
 );
 ```
 
+{% hint style="info" %}
+`job.attemptsMade` is increased when any error different than `RateLimitError`, `DelayedError` or `WaitingChildrenError` is thrown. While `job.attemptsStarted` is increased every time that a job is moved to active.
+{% endhint %}
+
 ## Read more:
 
-- 💡 [Rate Limit API Reference](https://api.docs.bullmq.io/classes/v5.Worker.html#rateLimit)
+- 💡 [Rate Limit API Reference](https://api.docs.bullmq.io/classes/v5.Queue.html#rateLimit)
diff --git a/tests/test_rate_limiter.ts b/tests/test_rate_limiter.ts
index 3a9f8c991d..c583d35333 100644
--- a/tests/test_rate_limiter.ts
+++ b/tests/test_rate_limiter.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   FlowProducer,
   Queue,
   QueueEvents,
+  RateLimitError,
   Worker,
   UnrecoverableError,
 } from '../src/classes';
@@ -663,11 +664,11 @@ describe('Rate Limiter', function () {
         const worker = new Worker(
           queueName,
           async job => {
-            await worker.rateLimit(dynamicLimit);
+            await queue.rateLimit(dynamicLimit);
             if (job.attemptsStarted >= job.opts.attempts!) {
               throw new UnrecoverableError('Unrecoverable');
             }
-            throw Worker.RateLimitError();
+            throw new RateLimitError();
           },
           {
             connection,
@@ -851,11 +852,11 @@ describe('Rate Limiter', function () {
         const worker = new Worker(
           queueName,
           async job => {
-            if (job.attemptsMade === 0) {
+            if (job.attemptsStarted === 1) {
               await queue.pause();
               await delay(150);
-              await worker.rateLimit(dynamicLimit);
-              throw Worker.RateLimitError();
+              await queue.rateLimit(dynamicLimit);
+              throw new RateLimitError();
             }
           },
           {