diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index b62eb74359..d6e327b798 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class Example {
 
     // inject the actual template
     @Autowired
-    private RedisTemplate<String, String> template;
+    private RedisTemplate<String, String> redisTemplate;
 
     // inject the template as ListOperations
     // can also inject as Value, Set, ZSet, and HashOperations