diff --git a/docs/guides/util/gzip.md b/docs/guides/util/gzip.md
index c755b7c8bd..380a56d806 100644
--- a/docs/guides/util/gzip.md
+++ b/docs/guides/util/gzip.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Use `Bun.gzipSync()` to compress a `Uint8Array` with gzip.
 
 ```ts
 const data = Buffer.from("Hello, world!");
-const compressed = Bun.gzipSync("Hello, world!");
+const compressed = Bun.gzipSync(data);
 // => Uint8Array
 
 const decompressed = Bun.gunzipSync(compressed);