diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d57e3c0..51a350f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Please refer to [installation.md](docs/en/installation.md) for installation.
   from mim import download
 
   download('mmcls', ['resnet18_8xb16_cifar10'])
-  download('mmcls', ['resnet18_8xb16_cifar10'], dest_dir='.')
+  download('mmcls', ['resnet18_8xb16_cifar10'], dest_root='.')
   ```
 
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