diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http/README.md b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http/README.md
index 4dcbda9dae2..0645aa1219a 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http/README.md
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const collectorOptions = {
   url: '<opentelemetry-collector-url>', // url is optional and can be omitted - default is http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics
   concurrencyLimit: 1, // an optional limit on pending requests
 };
-const exporter = new OTLPMetricExporter(collectorOptions);
+const metricExporter = new OTLPMetricExporter(collectorOptions);
 const meterProvider = new MeterProvider({});
 
 meterProvider.addMetricReader(new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({