diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d64feb9..c23d45d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ for (const betaMessageBatch of page.data) {
 
 // Convenience methods are provided for manually paginating:
 while (page.hasNextPage()) {
-  page = page.getNextPage();
+  page = await page.getNextPage();
   // ...
 }
 ```