diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc3e824..a51a93c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ import {
   PUT,
   resolveURL,
 } from 'openapi-axios/helpers';
-import { Axios } from 'axios';
-const axios = new Axios();
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 const request = axios.request;
 const BASE_URL = '/api/v3';