diff --git a/locale/en/docs/guides/simple-profiling.md b/locale/en/docs/guides/simple-profiling.md
index a980721f9dfa3..7b4178ad01492 100644
--- a/locale/en/docs/guides/simple-profiling.md
+++ b/locale/en/docs/guides/simple-profiling.md
@@ -27,10 +27,19 @@ Let's see how the built-in profiler can help provide insight into application
 performance.
 
 To illustrate the use of the tick profiler, we will work with a simple Express
-application. Our application will have two handlers, one for adding new users to
+application (See [here](http://expressjs.com/en/starter/installing.html) for
+installation instructions). Our application will have two handlers, one for
+adding new users to
 our system:
 
 ```javascript
+
+const express = require('express');
+const crypto  = require('crypto');
+const app = express();
+const port = 8080;
+const users = {};
+
 app.get('/newUser', (req, res) => {
   let username = req.query.username || '';
   const password = req.query.password || '';
@@ -48,11 +57,9 @@ app.get('/newUser', (req, res) => {
 
   res.sendStatus(200);
 });
-```
 
-and another for validating user authentication attempts:
+// and another for validating user authentication attempts:
 
-```javascript
 app.get('/auth', (req, res) => {
   let username = req.query.username || '';
   const password = req.query.password || '';
@@ -72,6 +79,10 @@ app.get('/auth', (req, res) => {
     res.sendStatus(401);
   }
 });
+
+app.listen(port, () => {
+  console.log(`example app running on port ${port}`);
+});
 ```
 
 *Please note that these are NOT recommended handlers for authenticating users in
@@ -86,10 +97,15 @@ high latency on requests. We can easily run the app with the built in profiler:
 NODE_ENV=production node --prof app.js
 ```
 
-and put some load on the server using `ab` (ApacheBench):
+We'll create a new user:
 
 ```
 curl -X GET "http://localhost:8080/newUser?username=matt&password=password"
+```
+
+and put some load on the server using `ab` (ApacheBench):
+
+```
 ab -k -c 20 -n 250 "http://localhost:8080/auth?username=matt&password=password"
 ```
 
@@ -228,13 +244,14 @@ app.get('/auth', (req, res) => {
     return res.sendStatus(400);
   }
 
-  crypto.pbkdf2(password, users[username].salt, 10000, 512, (err, hash) => {
-    if (users[username].hash.toString() === hash.toString()) {
-      res.sendStatus(200);
-    } else {
-      res.sendStatus(401);
-    }
-  });
+  crypto.pbkdf2(password, users[username].salt, 10000, 512, 'sha512',
+      (err, hash) => {
+          if (users[username].hash.toString() == hash.toString()) {
+              res.sendStatus(200);
+          } else {
+              res.sendStatus(401);
+          }
+      });
 });
 ```