diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 41acf938d7904aa057d20e00dd2075aedad98532..d4bbdbd3a415e12c97fbaf1e8d7b7f08f999ae3f 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ either a record object created with PicaRecord's =Record::factory()= function.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC php
   $reader = new \HAB\Pica\Reader\PicaXmlReader()
-  $record = $reader->read(file_get_contents('http://unapi.gbv.de?id=opac-de-23:ppn:635012286&format=picaxml'));
+  $reader->open(file_get_contents('http://unapi.gbv.de?id=opac-de-23:ppn:635012286&format=picaxml'));
+  $record = $reader->read();
   $reader->close();
 #+END_SRC