diff --git a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/README.md b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/README.md
index e459e068641f8..ce92d0671f52c 100644
--- a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/README.md
+++ b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/README.md
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ After the successful deploy, Now will show you the URL for your site. Copy that
     now secrets rm stripe_webhook_secret
     now secrets add stripe_webhook_secret whsec_***
 
-As the secrets are pulled into the application at deploy time, we will need to redeploy our app after we made changes to the secrets. Run `now` again to redeploy with the new secret value.
+As the secrets are set as env vars in the project at deploy time, we will need to redeploy our app after we made changes to the secrets. Run `now` again to redeploy with the new secret value.
diff --git a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/next.config.js b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/next.config.js
index c1fd14db22e84..604069d81a0c7 100644
--- a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/next.config.js
+++ b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/next.config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ require('dotenv').config()
 module.exports = {
   env: {
     STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY: process.env.STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY,
-    STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY,
-    STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET: process.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET,
   },
 }
diff --git a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/now.json b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/now.json
index 19119c02f98cc..527e1aaee55be 100644
--- a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/now.json
+++ b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/now.json
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
+  "env": {
+    "STRIPE_SECRET_KEY": "@stripe_secret_key",
+    "STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET": "@stripe_webhook_secret"
+  },
   "build": {
     "env": {
-      "STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY": "@stripe_publishable_key",
-      "STRIPE_SECRET_KEY": "@stripe_secret_key",
-      "STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET": "@stripe_webhook_secret"
+      "STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY": "@stripe_publishable_key"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/package.json b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/package.json
index b519ad5073b27..35887c7c01e0a 100644
--- a/examples/with-stripe-typescript/package.json
+++ b/examples/with-stripe-typescript/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "with-stripe-typescript",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "Full-stack TypeScript sample using Next.js, react-stripe-js, and stripe-node.",
+  "description": "Full-stack TypeScript example using Next.js, react-stripe-js, and stripe-node.",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next",
     "build": "next build",