diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/README.md
index 0fe0cdb69fb..19ba5309017 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { ZoneContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-zone';
 
 const providerWithZone = new WebTracerProvider();
 providerWithZone.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
-provider.register({
+providerWithZone.register({
   contextManager: new ZoneContextManager()
 });