diff --git a/packages/react/README.md b/packages/react/README.md
index 493f9c83395dd..826563e1b9a12 100644
--- a/packages/react/README.md
+++ b/packages/react/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The `react` package contains only the functionality necessary to define React co
 
 ```js
 import { useState } from 'react';
-import { createRoot } from 'react-dom';
+import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 
 function Counter() {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);