diff --git a/bindings/python/README.md b/bindings/python/README.md
index 33435350..12ba4bdc 100644
--- a/bindings/python/README.md
+++ b/bindings/python/README.md
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ from semantic_text_splitter import HuggingFaceTextSplitter
 from tokenizers import Tokenizer
 
 # Maximum number of tokens in a chunk
-max_characters = 1000
+max_tokens = 1000
 # Optionally can also have the splitter not trim whitespace for you
 tokenizer = Tokenizer.from_pretrained("bert-base-uncased")
 splitter = HuggingFaceTextSplitter(tokenizer, trim_chunks=False)
 
-chunks = splitter.chunks("your document text", max_characters)
+chunks = splitter.chunks("your document text", max_tokens)
 ```
 
 ### With Tiktoken Tokenizer