diff --git a/docs/datastorage/codecs.md b/docs/datastorage/codecs.md
index 2a678291..31f9825a 100644
--- a/docs/datastorage/codecs.md
+++ b/docs/datastorage/codecs.md
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ public static final Codec<RecursiveObject> RECURSIVE_CODEC = Codec.recursive(
     RecursiveObject.class.getSimpleName(), // This is for the toString method
     recursedCodec -> RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
         recursedCodec.optionalFieldOf("inner").forGetter(RecursiveObject::inner)
-    ), RecursiveObject::new)
+    ).apply(instance, RecursiveObject::new))
 );
 ```