diff --git a/docs/api/session.md b/docs/api/session.md
index ffa9be00f317..e6248afd3736 100644
--- a/docs/api/session.md
+++ b/docs/api/session.md
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ extension to be loaded.
 const { app, session } = require('electron')
 const path = require('path')
 
-app.on('ready', async () => {
+app.whenReady().then(async () => {
   await session.defaultSession.loadExtension(
     path.join(__dirname, 'react-devtools'),
     // allowFileAccess is required to load the devtools extension on file:// URLs.