diff --git a/src/api/application.md b/src/api/application.md
index 3e8e29b595..5b2ba36963 100644
--- a/src/api/application.md
+++ b/src/api/application.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Registers a global component if passing both a name string and a component defin
   const app = createApp({})
 
   // register an options object
-  app.component('myComponent', {
+  app.component('MyComponent', {
     /* ... */
   })