diff --git a/doc/api/addons.md b/doc/api/addons.md
index e0e00dca0b9e8b..8e2864952e0841 100644
--- a/doc/api/addons.md
+++ b/doc/api/addons.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ namespace demo {
 using v8::FunctionCallbackInfo;
 using v8::Isolate;
 using v8::Local;
+using v8::NewStringType;
 using v8::Object;
 using v8::String;
 using v8::Value;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ using v8::Value;
 void Method(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
   args.GetReturnValue().Set(String::NewFromUtf8(
-      isolate, "world").ToLocalChecked());
+      isolate, "world", NewStringType::kNormal).ToLocalChecked());
 }
 
 void Initialize(Local<Object> exports) {