diff --git a/docs/Animations.md b/docs/Animations.md
index 05af3dc0da658e..52b5e939eb8c01 100644
--- a/docs/Animations.md
+++ b/docs/Animations.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ There are some cases where an animated value needs to invert another animated va
 An example is inverting a scale (2x --> 0.5x):
 
 ```javascript
-const a = Animated.Value(1);
+const a = new Animated.Value(1);
 const b = Animated.divide(1, a);
 
 Animated.spring(a, {