diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3442dd8f3..799811370 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1086,8 +1086,8 @@ To inspect your cookie jar after a request:
 ```js
 var j = request.jar()
 request({url: 'http://www.google.com', jar: j}, function () {
-  var cookie_string = j.getCookieString(uri); // "key1=value1; key2=value2; ..."
-  var cookies = j.getCookies(uri);
+  var cookie_string = j.getCookieString(url); // "key1=value1; key2=value2; ..."
+  var cookies = j.getCookies(url);
   // [{key: 'key1', value: 'value1', domain: "www.google.com", ...}, ...]
 })
 ```