diff --git a/docs/user-event/intro.mdx b/docs/user-event/intro.mdx
index f4319fec1..a22fc16e9 100644
--- a/docs/user-event/intro.mdx
+++ b/docs/user-event/intro.mdx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ itself - e.g. in a `before`/`after` hook - for reasons described in
 ["Avoid Nesting When You're Testing"](https://kentcdodds.com/blog/avoid-nesting-when-youre-testing).
 
 ```js
-import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
+import { userEvent } from '@testing-library/user-event'
 
 // inlining
 test('trigger some awesome feature when clicking the button', async () => {