diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-host-metrics/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-host-metrics/README.md
index 18f4ab84f3..d9635f1acf 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-host-metrics/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-host-metrics/README.md
@@ -20,24 +20,23 @@ npm install --save @opentelemetry/host-metrics
 ## Usage
 
 ```javascript
-const { MeterProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics-base');
+const { MeterProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics');
 const { HostMetrics } = require('@opentelemetry/host-metrics');
 const { PrometheusExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus');
 
 const exporter = new PrometheusExporter(
-  { startServer: true },() => {
-    console.log('prometheus scrape endpoint: http://localhost:9464/metrics');
+  {
+    startServer: true
+  }, () => {
+    console.log('prometheus scrape endpoint: http://localhost:9464/metrics')
   }
 );
 
-const meterProvider = new MeterProvider({
-  exporter,
-  interval: 2000,
-});
+const meterProvider = new MeterProvider();
+meterProvider.addMetricReader(exporter);
 
 const hostMetrics = new HostMetrics({ meterProvider, name: 'example-host-metrics' });
 hostMetrics.start();
-
 ```
 
 ## Useful links