diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab20a634dc..6ba067e1f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8086/write -d '
     "points": [
         {
             "time": "2014-11-10T23:00:00Z",
-            "name": "cpu",
+            "measurement": "cpu",
              "tags": {
                  "region":"uswest",
                  "host": "server01"