diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5cd664e16bea..8e4e7ae7f1c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
 use Google\Cloud\Trace\TraceClient;
 
-$traceClient = new SpeechClient([
+$traceClient = new TraceClient([
     'projectId' => 'my_project'
 ]);