diff --git a/frontend/encore/simple-example.rst b/frontend/encore/simple-example.rst
index bed5c73c865..1e82c489104 100644
--- a/frontend/encore/simple-example.rst
+++ b/frontend/encore/simple-example.rst
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Great! Use ``import`` to import ``jquery`` and ``greet.js``:
       // ...
 
     + // loads the jquery package from node_modules
-    + import jquery from 'jquery';
+    + import $ from 'jquery';
 
     + // import the function from greet.js (the .js extension is optional)
     + // ./ (or ../) means to look for a local file