diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5ce8e7..601c913 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void sync_example(nvbench::state& state)
     /* Benchmark that implicitly syncs here. */
   });
 }
-NVBENCH_BENCH(timer_example);
+NVBENCH_BENCH(sync_example);
 ```
 
 ## Explicit timer mode: `nvbench::exec_tag::timer`