diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/README.md b/packages/babel-generator/README.md
index c3b743049e..3586ecaa76 100644
--- a/packages/babel-generator/README.md
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {parse} from 'babylon';
 import generate from 'babel-generator';
 
 const code = 'class Example {}';
-const ast = parse(ast);
+const ast = parse(code);
 
 const output = generate(ast, { /* options */ }, code);
 ```