diff --git a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/README.md b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/README.md
index 0fe7fab91115..74d68aa8260e 100644
--- a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/README.md
+++ b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const description = {
   schemaDefinition: "<schema definition>"
 }
 
-const found = await client.getSchemaId(description);
+const found = await client.getSchemaProperties(description);
 if (found) {
   console.log(`Got schema ID=${found.id}`);
 }