diff --git a/docs/content/commands/npm-update.md b/docs/content/commands/npm-update.md
index 50e542c6524d7..512d04c828b01 100644
--- a/docs/content/commands/npm-update.md
+++ b/docs/content/commands/npm-update.md
@@ -109,9 +109,11 @@ Suppose your app now also has a dependency on `dep2`
 
 ```json
 {
-"dependencies": {
-  "dep1": "^1.0.0",
-  "dep2": "1.0.0"
+  "name": "my-app",
+  "dependencies": {
+      "dep1": "^1.0.0",
+      "dep2": "1.0.0"
+  }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -120,8 +122,9 @@ and `dep2` itself depends on this limited range of `dep1`
 ```json
 {
 "name": "dep2",
-"dependencies": {
-  "dep1": "~1.1.1"
+  "dependencies": {
+    "dep1": "~1.1.1"
+  }
 }
 ```