diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 222ee9a5..86d9dba5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ A Lua module that implements a bunch of the things from `pathlib` from Python, s
 It offers a wide range of opts for limiting the depth, show hidden and more. `plenary.scan_dir` can be ran synchronously and asynchronously and offers `on_insert(file, typ)` and `on_exit(files)` callbacks. `on_insert(file, typ)` is available for both while `on_exit(files)` is only available for async.
 
 ```lua
-local scan = require'plenary.scandir`
+local scan = require'plenary.scandir'
 scan.scan_dir('.', { hidden = true, depth = 2 })
 ```