Merge pull request NomicFoundation#1991 from BananaNeil/patch-1

Fixing some documentation around extending the HRE with web3

docs/advanced/hardhat-runtime-environment.md

@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ Hardhat lets you hook into the HRE construction, and extend it with new function
 
 You can do this by adding an HRE extender into a queue. This extender is just a synchronous function that receives the HRE and adds fields to it with your new functionality. These new fields will also get [injected into the global scope during runtime](#exporting-globally).
 
-For example, adding an instance of [Web3.js](https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) to the HRE can be done in this way:
+For example, adding an instance of [Web3.js](https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) to the HRE can be done by installing the `web3` package and adding the following to your `hardhat.config.js`:
 
 ```js
 extendEnvironment((hre) => {
   const Web3 = require("web3");
   hre.Web3 = Web3;
 
   // hre.network.provider is an EIP1193-compatible provider.
-  hre.web3 = new Web3(new Web3HTTPProviderAdapter(hre.network.provider));
+  hre.web3 = new Web3(hre.network.provider);
+
 });
 ```